Acknowledgements

The completion of this project could not have be achieved without the guidance and assistance of so many people. Their contributions are undoubtedly the reason why this project has come to a completion and their efforts are gratefully appreciated. We would like to thank:

Hamed Samandari, Afsoon Amirzadeh, Donald Foster, and Paul Souza for the guidance and help they gave us throughout designing and creating the Wishing Well.

Jamie Jacquart, our sponsor that came to us with the intent of bringing this project to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and to reduce the plastic water bottle consumption on campus.

Anne-Marie Bedard, who helped to coordinated our budget with our group to purchase the essential parts needed to construct the Wishing Well.

Brent Packer, Tavo True-Alcala, and Nina Gerona, the original creators of the version 1 Wishing Well, who offered support and advice for creating version 2.

Jennifer Kleindienst the sustainability director at Wesleyan University for coordinating a visit to allow us to gather essential information on the version 1 Wishing Well.