Become part of the solution! Celebrate and preserve our environment. 

•  Kanawha Garden Council Flower Show & Competition

        10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Center Court.

• Recycled Water Bottle Sculpture

        CTC will be unveiling a sculpture made of 836 recycled water bottles, representing the average annual consumption of a family of four. The sculpture was constructed by area art students and will remain on display near JC Penney through early May.

• Recycle Water Bottles

        Help us reach our goal of collecting 7,000 water bottles, which would generate 30 cubic yards of waste for recycling rather than being disposed of in land fills. FREE Eco Chic tote bag when you drop off 10 empty water bottles at Guest Services, Level 1, on April 19,  while supplies last.

• Light the Way & Make the Switch

        In an effort to encourage the use of environmentally correct sources of light, we will be distributing 250 energy efficient Sylvania light bulbs, FREE to mall guests on April 19, while supplies last.

• Go Green! Kids Corner

        Visit our children’s activity area for “green” face painting, coloring station and more! Level 2, near GAP.

• Green Boutonnieres

        200 FREE Green Carnations will be distributed to guests throughout the mall on Saturday, April 19.

• Sierra Club Donations

2008 Water Bottle Challenge

836 Water Bottles

        Purchase a CTC Gift Card on April 19 and we’ll donate 5% to the Sierra Club. As one of America’s largest and most influential grassroots organization, the Sierra Club has been protecting communities and our planet since 1982. See Guest Services, Level One, for more information.

836 is the number of water bottles an average American family consumes in one year. In order to raise awareness of just how many water bottles we dispose of without recycling, Charleston Town Center presents a Rethink Your Thirst, Water Bottle Awareness Display, near JCPenney, April 19 – May 17. On display will be a sculpture designed by art students of West Virginia State University and made of exactly 836 recycled water bottles.

In order to provide the art students with the bottles needed for the sculpture, we challenged CTC TeenBoard and JuniorBoard members to collect water bottles for 30 days. To our surprise, they gathered a total of 5,369 empty water bottles. . . and they’re still turning them in! All participants received a certificate acknowledging their donation.

The students shared their bottle collecting stories with us. For each, this project started out as a challenge, but soon changed into a startling awareness of the high quantity of discarded water bottles in our environment. It soon became a mission for them! Many members now recycle water bottles at home, at school and in their parents’ work place.