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East Helena students honored

More than 500 elementary students in East Helena received a big surprise Thursday for their hard work and commitment to the environment.

Radley Elementary School was named the state-wide winner in the Wal-Mart Kid's Recycling Challenge. As part of the challenge, students collected plastic bags all year long to be recycled.

Helena Wal-Mart Co-Manager, Frank Day: "During this process the kids learn about land fills and keeping trash out of land fills and using renewable resources. That's what these bags do. These bags actually go to a recycling center to be recycled and keeps all this stuff out of land fills."

Radley Elementary collected two tons of plastic bags and was rewarded with a three thousand dollar grant for the school as well as a pizza party for the kids.

In addition to the grant, Wal-Mart also awarded an additional $5.00 for every bag, which totaled almost $1,300.