Eco-Friendly Packaging by Blue Lake

Ying Liu is a mom on a mission to solve the plastic problem through innovation. Going from a teacher to an Apple executive and then an ecopreneur, her epiphany struck at a landfill, where the sight of endless waste juxtaposed against the ocean horizon hit too close to home. As a mother, she couldn’t stand the idea of her children not being able to enjoy the ocean when they were her age. This led her to start Blue Lake Packaging, a company dedicated to developing affordable sustainable, fiber-based alternatives to everyday products. Blue Lake’s product offerings include the newly released fiber-based tape and dispenser. In 2024, the company aims to expand its market reach as well as its product offerings. In particular, Liu sees promise in the plastic-free cushioning material space.

Blue Lake has everyday items that everyone uses, like this ECOLIFE tape dispenser. 

More than a masking tape: This plant-based tape, complete with a plastic-free tape dispenser, works like magic for masking, labeling, sealing, journaling, etc.

Ideal for a Variety of Settings: school, office, library, homes, or part of a community that values the environment.

Toxic-Free: This masking tape comes without any toxic glue or ink. The dispenser and packaging are free of plastic film or coating, ensuring a clean and green choice.

 The award-winning dispenser design makes refilling and reusing a breeze, providing a convenient and sustainable solution.

Ample Supply: It comes with this tape dispenser four rolls of paper tape. Each roll offers up to 550 uses with a 3/4-inch cut each time.

By prioritizing processes that reduce waste and carbon footprint, Blue Lake ECOLIFE caters to environmentally aware consumers seeking practical, comparably priced alternatives for their daily needs. With ECOLIFE, customers don't have to choose between sustainability, quality, or user experience.

~Hayley

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Happy Earth Day 2024

My Life Is A Rodeo - For Really Real

A little over a month ago - life got crazy (again) for us. This is what has been going on - what I posted on Facebook.

Long post alert. About 6pm last night I got a call from Jason's phone from a lady who said she found this man in the parking lot and she called 911. She was panicking and freaking out, and I realized she was talking about Jason. He was conscious but slurring his words so she took the phone from him to talk to me. When the paramedics arrived they told me they had to go and to meet them at the hospital. We have been having trouble with the truck, something about the shifter. And Jason was at work, leaving for home, when he had to get under the truck and fix something. Whatever happened, the truck moved and trapped him under it and was in drive. Spun him around and then rolled over him. It's like some sort of freak accident. He has a pneumothorax (collapsed lung), broken ribs, broken pelvis, broken hip joints, fractured occipital bone on face, broken vertebrae, both scapula (shoulder blades) broken, and a broken neck. Plus a lacerated bicep which required 16 stitches and a few stitches on a gash on his leg. We will find out more as the weekend goes on and he continues to see the Trauma team, the neurosurgeon and the occupational team. It sounds like a lot of recovery for him. Will keep you all posted.

Two weeks ago posted:

Thought I'd share an update on Jason since people have been asking. He is doing remarkably well. He is back to work. He uses a cane but can pretty much walk on his own. His pain is mostly under control. He has had so many x-rays and MRIs that he should be radioactive. His shoulder and collar bone break separated, all the other ones were clean hairline breaks. So that is sort of tough to get range of motion etc., but he is doing well with that too. We want to thank everyone for the cards, flowers, meals, etc. Everyone has been so generous. It was pretty scary for me but Jay keeps saying "this is not my first rodeo" and unfortunately it's not. Ha! Having now seen more than one of my loved ones being pulled from the back of an ambulance, I can tell you, please tell the ones you care about how you feel, because you never know what can happen in the blink of an eye.

National Pediatric Transplant Week #KidsTransplantWeek

National Pediatric Transplant Week takes place the last full week of National Donate Life Month in April. It focuses on the powerful message of ending the pediatric transplant waiting list. Throughout Pediatric Transplant Week, clinical partners share patient stories (candidates and recipients); donor families whose children have saved and healed lives through organ, eye, and tissue donation are honored; and recipient families share their thanks and milestone celebrations.

National Donate Life Blue & Green Day #BlueGreenDay

National Donate Life Blue & Green Day is part of Donate Life America’s National Donate Life Month - observed in April each year. During National Donate Life Blue & Green Day, the public is encouraged to wear blue and green and to engage in sharing the Donate Life message and promoting the importance of registering as an organ, eye and tissue donor.

Spirit Week #DonateLife #MasonsMission

Blue & Green Spirit Week (April 6-12, 2024)

Includes:

Dress Up Your Pet Day

Make Blue & Green Treats

Thank Your Healthcare Heroes

Write a Message of Hope

Donate Life Flag Raising Day

Create Donate Life Rocks

Donate Life Blue & Green Day

Living Donor Day #DonateLife #LivingDonorDay

Donate Life Living Donor Day is a celebration during National Donate Life Month that honors living organ and tissue donors for saving and healing lives! In 2022, more than 6,400 people made the decision to give one of their kidneys or a part of their liver to someone waiting for a second chance at life. Others gave the healing gift of birth tissue. Birth tissue includes tissues such as placenta and amniotic membrane. Grafts derived from birth tissue promote natural wound healing.