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Find out more about Michelle: Michelle Cloney’s passion for organizing began at eighteen months when throughout the day she voluntarily collected all the excess holiday wrapping and placed it in the trash. Since then, Michelle has had a knack for everything organizational from closets, to folders, to containers, to overall concepts and all with an unusual style and flair. Fervent about spreading the word of organized living to others, Michelle founded i-organize, LLC in 2006. |
Well, they did it! This past Sunday, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? was able to collect A LOT of junk, over 7700 cubic feet of it, and all for a good cause. In service to their local community, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? 's Los Angeles franchise teamed up with the 2008 AIDS Walk in Los Angeles (AWLA) to make this year's walk as green and clean as possible. Of the 21 1-800-GOT-JUNK? vessels on site to clean up after the walkers, 19 trucks were filled with waste by the day's end. Even more exciting, over 45% of that amount was able to be recycled. Most of the recycled material consisted of wood, plastic and cardboard.
As I was there to witness this grand-scale effort in action, I have to say I did notice the remarkable absence of street trash that usually accompanies any large gathering of people. I even made a point to look at the street, instead of the walkers. It was surprisingly, well, clean. In fact, as I strolled down the orderly path designated for on-lookers only, I heard two participants exclaim, "Wow, this event is so.....ORGANIZED!" I'm ashamed to say, just hearing others beam about organization gives me the chills.
I am happy to conclude that the initiative was such a success that 1-800-GOT-JUNK ? has been asked to participate in the San Diego AIDS Walk next year. I give my thumbs up to events like this showing that we ARE capable of coming together as a community for the common good in spite of all the, well, other news out there.
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