Rebate Money Funds Green Purchase

摘要

Remember those economic stimulus rebate checks we all got a few months ago? Most of us snatched them up with eager hands. But at the Congregation of St. Joseph, a religious community in La Grange, III., this free cash presented a small problem for the nuns living there. They have all taken a vow of poverty. After some discussion about whether or not to even accept the money, the Sisters decided it was their duty, as citizens, to spend this rebate and help stimulate the economy. So they decided to use it to help save the planet. "As a congregation, we decided that we would spend the rebate money on something... that was earth-friendly," reveals Sr. Marianne Race.