Clear Your Clutter Day Draws a Steady Crowd; Strangest Item Contest Winner Announced
[Bel Air, Maryland] May 16, 2011 – April 30 turned out to be a perfect springtime day for the first annual Clear Your Clutter Day coordinated by Harford County organizing company Sappari Solutions and the Harford Community College. The event drew 187 cars to the Fallston Parking Lot of Harford Community College to drop off a winter’s worth of clutter in the form of recyclable and reusable items.
Sappari Solutions Employee, Dan Taylor, helps CYCD participant unload
Event partners Always Recycling, Friends of the Harford County Public Library, The Bel Air Lions Club, Kleins-Shoprite, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake and ShredInstead collected books, eye glasses, scrap metal, household goods, documents to be shredded, plastic bags and more, while Harford Community College student vOWLenteers were on hand to unload cars, direct traffic and clean up after the event.
Sponsors including Always Recycling, Harford Bank, the Harford County Office on Sustainability and the Harford Community College Sustainability Committee made the event possible with financial and in-kind donations, with proceeds in the amount of $1,000 donated to local non-profit Harford Habitat for Humanity.
In addition to the collection of recyclable and reusable items, volunteers were on the lookout for the strangest item donated. The winner, Michelle Cobbs of Joppa, brought a hand boiler, a handheld device that allows liquid to boil inside while merely holding it. “I got it in middle school,” says Michelle, “I was really into science.” Ms. Cobbs was the recipient of a month’s membership to The Arena Club in Bel Air.
Clear Your Clutter Day draws steady stream of cars
“We were aiming for 200 cars this first time around,” says event coordinator and owner of Sappari Solutions, Nettie Owens, “We had 187 cars come through. I would say that is success!” Exit surveys and positive comments at the event indicated that the majority of attendees would like to see this event happen again and were happy to have a one stop location to get rid of the clutter in their homes. The downside was the inability to accept televisions at the event. “We hope to have an event partner available next year to accept TV’s and monitors, “ says Owens.
HCC VOWLunteers and Nettie Owens take a break
For additional ways to stay green while reducing your clutter check out the ‘Green Harford’ classes listed in the Community Education section of the Harford Community College course catalog. Additionally, stay tuned to Facebook.com/SappariSolutions and ClearYourClutterDay.org for information on next year’s event.
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About Sappari Solutions, LLC (www.sapparisolutions.com)
Sappari Solutions, LLC is a leading professional organizer serving residents and small businesses in Harford County. Since 2004, Sappari Solutions has provided its clients organizational solutions that fit their lifestyle, budget and schedule. Sappari Solutions is highly committed to protecting the environment and to sustainable business practices firm-wide as well as for its clients.
About Harford Community College (www.harford.edu)
Harford Community College (HCC) provides high quality, accessible and affordable educational opportunities and services — including university transfer, career, developmental and continuing education programs — that promote professional competence, economic development, and improve the quality of the life in a multicultural community. The College supports the Maryland State Plan for Higher Education and is committed to expanding undergraduate degree opportunities to fulfill state workforce shortages in areas of teacher preparation, health care, and technology, and to advance degree attainment for minorities particularly in relation to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act [of 1964].
