Hi Jenna,

We met with Eastern Illinois Foodbank this morning, and they are excited about the prospect of working with us. F&S and Dining plan to take on the labor to bring the food donations to the foodbank. At the foodbank, the incoming product can be weighed so we can track that data. We are thinking of having boxes inside of the shipping containers (there will probably be 6-9 shipping containers this year, locations are pending) dedicated to food collection. They take the typical stuff, non-perishable, non-opened, but they do not have any issues with us brining expired food. Their team will go through and make the final call on what is distributed to the pantries. Most students probably won’t have super old food anyway, we suspect. UIUC will fill out a food drive form for the foodbank, and we will work on how to advertise this food drive effort at the residence halls – if you have any suggestions on that part, that would be awesome.

Thank you,

Daphne

Attendance: Pete Varney, Dan Hiser, Miriam Keep, Bryan Johnson, Mark Kuehl, Thurman Etchison, Daphne Hulse

1. Overview of the budget last year

   1. $6,992.19 spent for the 2023 program

   2. Daphne is determining the number of remaining funds from our SSC award (this will likely be the last year we have funds remaining in our SSC account)

2. Overview of results last year

   1. Goodwill: 16K lbs (hard household goods)

   2. Salt & Light: 3.5K lbs (soft clothing and bedding)

3. Overview of this year

   1. Undergraduate residence halls

   2. Explore expansion to graduate residence halls

      1. Orchard Downs

         1. 2 laundry room locations

      2. Ashton Woods

   3. Explore food collection - work with local pantry

   4. iSEE collaboration

      1. Interested in collecting recyclable materials (both that F&S typically collects, as well as special collections)

   5. 3 non-profits interested

      1. Goodwill Land of Lincoln - interested in returning for this year again

      2. Salt & Light - interested in returning for this year again

      3. Habitat for Humanity ReStore - interested in joining this year, wants furniture specifically

4. Assess last years’ donation site locations (bolded locations were successful, asterisked locations should be reassessed)

   1. Hopkins

   2. Student Dining and Residential Programs

   3. Illinois Street

   4. Lincoln Avenue

   5. Wassaja*

   6. Weston*

   7. Busey-Evans*

   8. FAR/PAR*

5. Pete & Dan: containers could be opened at 8am and closed at 8pm

6. Housing suggests that we should look into bolder advertisements in residence halls

Action Items:

1. Determine exact remaining budget for this year (Daphne)

2. Identify locations for Orchard Downs & Ashton Woods (Mark, Bryan)

3. Inquire with Housing communications team about opportunity for advertisement (Mark, Bryan)

   1. + communications for Orchard Downs, Ashton Woods

4. Reassess FAR-PAR location (Mark, Bryan)

5. Reassess Busey-Evans location (Mark, Bryan)

6. Loop in Jenna (Project4Less) into food pantry donation conversations (Thurman, Daphne)

7. iSEE - what materials will be collected? (Miriam)

8. Assign locations to non-profit partners, once locations are determined (Daphne)

Attached are informational graphics on the 2023 Dump and Run program.

On July 7, 2023, Daphne Hulse met with Habitat for Humanity ReStore Director Chad Hoffman and Executive Director Brandon Fischer to discuss participating in the 2024 collection event.

• Daphne gave a brief overview of the history, and how the operations worked for the 2023 event
  • 8 undergraduate hall locations
  • All locations were shared between Goodwill and Salt & Light, so that hard items and soft items could be separated
  • Daphne indicated the desire to eliminate the "sharing" of containers and to instead have non-profts operate by locations, gathering all that is dropped off
• Habitat for Humanity does not take any of the soft items listed: clothing, bedding, linens, shoes
  • Suggested that Salt & Light or Goodwill could pick up the soft items left at these locations
• Would like furniture
  • Agree that it aligns better to target locations which would have furniture, more likely (family and graduate housing)
  • Do not want any damaged furniture
• Closed Sundays and Mondays, so could not pick up on these days

On May 17, 2023 Morgan White, Daphne Hulse, and Marc Alexander met to discuss the future of Dump and Run.

• F&S will need to provide public functions stuff for YMCA dump and run sale in the fall (use SSC funding - what is left)

• We will need to create a MOU including what all this means for YMCA and long-term funding for their sale and our spring move out

  • Be sure to include that F&S will support the August sale in a public functions capacity, and supports the continued use of Stock Pavilion

• Honor the partnership with the YMCA

  • MOU get marc’s perspective, morgan’s perspective, pete’s perspective, housing’s perspective

• Be clear that there is a spring collection and august sale. They are separate events but all under the Dump and Run name.

  • Phrase example: “The Campus Bike Center is a collaboration between UIUC and the Bike Project of Champaign.”

    • Dump and Run: “Dump and Run is a collaboration between University YMCA and UIUC.”

  • Collaboration means that we sometimes work in different capacities as the university can be so much larger than a small organization

  • Daphne to draft a MOU for F&S-Housing and F&S-YMCA

    • “…Based on x y z background this is how we intend to move forward in our partnership over the years. One year time intervals automatically renewed each year unless a party decides something should change or cease…”

• Recurring expenses could be argument among us internally to determine who should contribute (Morgan thinks this is a Pete question)

  • Student fees can go to anything

  • State funds to Housing is slightly limited

  • State funds to off campus entities is very limited

• Timeline

  • Get the MOU signed and approved before move in weekend, so we can proclaim it the way we planned to

  • August for YMCA to rubber stamp it

• As a general reference, it is good to get things written down and signed on a MOU with existing leadership who support these initiatives, so they continue even when leadership changes

by: Noah Nelson

Posted: May 6, 2023 / 02:00 PM CDT

Updated: May 10, 2023 / 06:13 PM CDT

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — U of I Facilities and Services (F&S) announced that the 21st annual Dump and Run event is expanding to multiple campus locations this year beginning Monday, May 8.

The U of I said the Dump and Run event, a collaboration between University Housing and U of I F&S, is designed to achieve campus sustainability goals, including reaching zero waste targets and preventing trash from reaching waterways and landscapes.

Officials said in past years when the event was hosted at the University YMCA, more than 30 tons of material was recycled and kept from reaching the landfill because of these efforts.

U of I officials said expanding the Dump and Run event this year makes it easier for students and others to donate unwanted items at the end of the semester. They said eight 20’ x 8’ mobile storage units will be placed near campus residence halls for the event, including:

• Barton Hall/Flagg Hall/Weston Hall/Student Dining and Residential Programs Building
• Busey Hall/Evans Hall
• Florida Avenue Residence Halls (Oglesby Hall)/Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls
• Hopkins Hall
• Illinois Street Residence Halls (Wardall Hall)
• Lincoln Avenue Residence Halls (Allen Hall)
• Nugent Hall/Wassaja Hall
• Taft Hall/Van Doren Hall/Snyder Hall

University volunteers will be available at the sites to help prevent overflow and ensure additional pickups as necessary.

“We’re excited to bring the Dump and Run event right to where the students live and closer to the majority of faculty and staff,” said Daphne Hulse, F&S zero waste coordinator. “This setup offers everyone a simple way to give back to local nonprofits while preventing littering and keeping items that can be reclaimed from reaching the landfill unnecessarily.

Each day, the containers will be opened at specific times to accept donations. Officials said individuals can donate surplus or gently used items by putting them into bulk boxes inside the containers. Accepted items include:

• Accessories (handbags, belts, scarves, hats, etc.)
• Appliances – small to medium size (coffee makers, kettles, mini-fridges, microwaves, etc.)
• Books
• Collectibles/antiques
• Computers and equipment (printers, cables, speakers, hard drives, monitors, etc.)
• Clothing (rips and tears are okay – but must be washed)
• Electronics
• Furniture
• Housewares (dishes, mirrors, decorative accessories, etc.)
• Jewelry
• Linens
• Lamps
• Multimedia (DVDs, CDs, records, etc.)
• Shoes
• TVs (flat screen only)

Throughout the week, officials said the donations will be collected by local participating charities Salt & Light and Goodwill.

“We are pleased to continue to support the Dump and Run initiative, which is a benefit to our residents, the campus, and the local community,” said Alma R. Sealine, executive director of University Housing.

The donation schedule includes:

• May 8: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• May 9: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• May 10: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• May 11: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• May 12: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• May 13: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

U of I students and staff can donate accepted items in one of the available mobile storage units during open hours until Saturday, May 13.

2023-04-28