A big THANK YOU to all the volunteers, CPW staff and others who helped out at another successful DropOff & SwapOff Day on Saturday. After all our worrying about the weather, it turned out to be a beautiful day. (I was especially mindful of how lucky we were, as I watched the snow falling on Sunday afternoon!) We actually set a record for attendance at the DropOff, with 981 paying vehicles coming through checkout! As usual, we have no way to count how many people came through the SwapOff area, but we know it was busy.
All in all, everything went remarkably well. Despite the high turnout, we managed to keep the traffic flowing. Our first ever collection of Unwanted Medications & Sharps was a big hit. Once again we had musical entertainment at the SwapOff. And Bill Turville and friends were back to create another delightful sculpture out of materials salvaged from the Oversize Waste bins.
Congratulations and thank you to everyone for your ongoing support and participation in this unique event. There were more than 140 volunteers helping out at the DropOff and SwapOff. Without you, this event would never be possible.
Here is a summary of the items collected at the DropOff:
29 bags of sneakers for Nike
8 bags of sneakers for Good Will
33 Mattresses
Five 30 yd roll-off containers of scrap metal One 30 yd roll-off container of upholstered furniture
1/4 truckload of books
One 30 yd roll-off container of carpet
185 bags of Styrofoam
1 truck load of household goods
3/4 truckload of reusable building materials
125 bikes
4 containers of rags
5 bags of towels
Ten 55 gallon bags of plastic flower pots
3 .5 tons of paper were shredded during the course of the event Three carloads of plastic bags
3/4 truck load of children's items
One 53' truckload of electronics
8 refrigerators
51 dehumidifiers
61 air conditioners
32 microwaves
13 propane tanks
10 helium tanks
1 box of crayons
Two boxes of ink jet printer cartridges
Three boxes of laser jet printer cartridges 40 cell phones
1/3 five gal bucket of ballasts
One 5 gal bucket of rechargeable batteries One 5 gal bucket of lead acid batteries Eight boxes of compact & small fluorescent bulbs Five containers of 4' fluorescent bulbs One box of 8' fluorescent bulbs One 5 gal bucket of mercury thermostats & thermometers
1/2 bucket of assorted batteries
1/3 bucket of lithium batteries
One box of CD's
One box of cassettes
One box of floppy disks
Nine boxes of VHS tapes
Five boxes of non-perishable foods
Nine boxes of unwanted prescription medicine / OTC medication One 8 Gallon container of controlled substances Four boxes of SHARPS
We also collected five 30-yd rolloffs of wood and construction debris that will be recycled into low level reuse and five 30-yd rolloffs of oversized waste for disposal.
Thanks again to all of you. Everyone did a wonderful job. The next DropOff and SwapOff will be May 8, 2010. Put it on your calendar now!
Fred Serr
DropOff Volunteer Coordinator
Nancy Kerr
SwapOff Volunteer Coordinators
Rod Robison
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