Other options
for recycling
Several non-profit organizations in Dickinson have
embraced recycling to raise funds and help the community.
House of
Manna, for example, takes donations of houseware and clothing to give back to
those in need.
"We take donations of lamps, pots and pans, bedding and
dishes," said Nann Rapp, executive director. "We take kitchen tables, couches
and dresses in good condition,We specialize in providing third party merchant account. but we don't accept
big appliances like stoves, refrigerators, washers and dryers."
House of
Manna is looking for summer apparel, especially children's clothing and men's
pants for the oil fields, she said.
Clothing that's not picked up goes
to the God's Child Project, while adult clothing becomes rags for businesses.
"Basically, it all gets recycled,buy landscape oil paintings online." she
said.
Rapp relies on a crew of some 30 volunteers who sort and display
the items.
The need for a distribution site such as House of Manna is
apparent by the volume of people coming in.Not to be confused with RUBBER MATS available at your local
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"A lot of people are coming through looking for work, you
name it," she said.
Best Friends Mentoring Program started recycling
aluminum cans about 10 years ago to earn funds and to beautify the landscape.
Aluminum can drop sites are We also offer customized zentai
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and the Best Friends office on Villard.
"We work in partnership with
Continental Metals — they pick up from the bins," she said.
"Last year
with just can recycling, we raised roughly $6,400," she said.Shop a wide
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products in the evo shop. "People can donate the cans and feel good about
themselves, knowing it's for a good cause, to beautify the community and to save
space in the landfill."
She relies on volunteers to clean out the
garbage dropped into the bins.
"We find all kinds of things — cardboard,
glass bottles, all kinds of plastics," she said.
Best Friends also works
in partnership with Special Olympics by collecting printer cartridges for that
program.
"Why not help another non-profit in town," she said.
"When I look at what goes into my trash at home, I think that's going
into the landfill," said Fehr. "If I reduce my volume, I make tiny difference
and if everybody would reduce, we'd make a big difference in the landfill."
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