Show I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday October 21 2003 A9 Dl provides opportunities for training service ' y A3 ' from Continued ' - s '1 Then he rummaged around turns' and voila a crystal candy bowL Like that quarter arcade game with a claw that reaches animals Toone reached in and grabbed a col- lectible doll still in its box “It resembles a garage or a basement” Toone said “Actu-ally it’s cleaner than mine” All donations come through the familiar loading dock where job trainees accept the donations As soon as it is placed on die loading dock' workers start sorting through assort-the often hodge-podhave old can that ment pot lids mixed in with doll clothes ? At any (me time 75 to 100 job trainees will work at DL gaining a variety of experience ranging from customer1 service to supervisory skills “Extra care is taken in cus-tomer service" said Stowers surveying the bustling dock area “We want to convey a sense of gratitude when receiving die donations" DL trains people in the classroom too Some learn : word processing some learn ' how to operate forklifts D J also helps people get dieir " minimize waste" Stowers - to find hazardous materials batteries tires and soiled materials in the piles-o- f dona- Some of the materials tha t might be otherwise be ered garbage do have value though For example clothes that are not usable but clean are sold to rag dealers who grind the clothes using fibers to make rags The money from the sale of the clothes goes back into DIs humanitarian efforts Toone said “At every level we try to said': 'i- - That's not to say that the Logan location doesn’t get its : things' as strange as a couch sawed in half and donated in two parts - “I'm sure that someone built a room around the couch" Stowersaid It has also received some-- thing as rare as an autographed copy of a book signed by LDS President John iif Z' A j -- - “ nnn ge ’ older-mod- el that - consid-forstuff- ed V “ yi s r mi & y&si & ft0 - i&k A' GEDs commercial driven licenses and works with peo- pie who speak English as sec- - iSSRntte - bikes that to donate old V' new items people happy to have a ' V hadn’t sold Then there’s that story about job DA officials happy fo mis-the humanitarian on embark elderly woman whose “We Work On the sions and customers thrilled to motorized wheelchair had broken while she and her hus- find a bargain things band were on a trip through “I love my job” Stowers V hired get people said “People are so generous Logan Desperate they came and fired" You look at the things they 'A to see if the DI had anything that might get them through A donate" Like that time a bishop y Just the day before one had been donated needed bikes for a family’s Taylor Stowers grins for ear to ear Christmas He asked the DI “We delight in people find- that story officials had V if said store Stowers treasures” any telling they ing V local within a the bikes all “They were just elated” After day happy customers Stowers said donate wanted to merchant circle a of happiness complete m M p kinds Of that v dungs get people hired i"and fired” Stowers said S&3&' ' Once die merchandise is"® in die bins it goes to be ? sorted 'V ‘‘ inspected cleaned bundled or & L'A- - vHSiS - ' y ciency and decision making if4nbesoief you determine A its value place and direction lafeter I official pricing guide and& that determining die value on second-han- r A- !f d merchandisdisC Wflften a matter of opinion “jf you took five people and asked them thegP alud of anything here youM iX answers" Stowers 'saidgpw havemer- :'i''The goalisto and on the v 'Wjchandise sorted :Kf' f v--- - floor in eight to 24 behave to Our yolume Vdemands that" Stowers saiA " v':S Some of the merchandise is y inspected to make sure it still hourj§£ i ' works while otiier merchan-- l Ase like dolls are put into a rj : 1 sX SJ bin for cleaning? Stowers said a lady from V' y Nortii Ogden comes to Logan X twice a mondi to get 50 to 75 dolls She takes them back to Ogden where she cleans the ' crayon and pen marks off them cleans the dirt washes o V1 v V v: T' 4 y'J the hair and clothing for them “One of our missions is to give people the opportunity to ! tailor-mak- es serve" Stowers said “To BLENDED APR esti- - mate her time would just be amazing" - : y Many of the woman’s dolls are shipped and given to needy children throughout the world A map in the backroom has green lines radiating from Salt Lake City showing where the donations go Hardly an ' area of the world is without a vector Mount Logan LDS Stake President Loren Runar Ander- son said the humanitarian mission is not just an international calling though DI’s throughout the area serve as bishops’ storehouses IDS bishops can send needy members to DL to pick up household and clothing essentials: Stowers said that other humanitarian organizations and other churches also have the ability to use the DI Just as remarkable as the amount of things that are salvaged at the DI the amount of materials that have to be thrown away is also substan- tial Though it varies from day to day Stowers confirmed that the DI often contributes many Dumpster loads to the city’s landfill — a fact which makes him cringe a bit “We go there (the landfill) far more than we like to” Stowers said Bins fill with electronics that don’t work or boxes of clothes that have sat musty basements And it is not rare - ' V b INTRODUCTORY RATE i' PLUS NO PAYMENTS FOR THREE MONTHS AND NO FEES Want to refinance an existing auto loan? 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