CCU’s Campus Salvage Sale raises nearly $5,000 for scholarship

Campus Salvage, Coastal Carolina University’s annual collection and donation program for designed to divert unwanted items by departing students at the end of year, raised $4,923 on Saturday, May 14, toward a new scholarship for sustainability.

The Campus Salvage program is coordinated by the TD Campus and Community Sustainability Initiative, a department committed to transforming CCU into an environmentally sustainable university through student curriculum, learning and outreach programs, and projects on campus and in the community.

“The program is just over 5 years old, and it continues to grow every year,” said Jennifer Sellers, CCU’s sustainability coordinator.

The department had set up PODS at six collection points around campus in which students could place unwanted or unused items as they moved out of University Housing. For the sale, 26 PODS were moved to the PODS company’s parking lot across U.S. 501 from main campus.

“Our team’s dedication in organizing and sorting for Campus Salvage has kept hundreds of good items out of the landfill,” said Jeremy Monday, waste reduction coordinator at CCU.

In addition to raising money for the new scholarship, the collection efforts also resulted in donations to 14 different local organizations such as Fostering Hope, Ark Animal Hospital and Helping Hand. The following items were donated to local charities and organizations:

· Ark Animal Hospital – seven bags of blankets and towels, plus mops and brooms
· Associated Charities – 11 bags of clothes
· Churches Assisting People (CAP) in Conway – 14 boxes of nonperishable food
· Community Kitchen in Myrtle Beach – three boxes of paper goods
· Fostering Hope of Conway – 32 bags of clothes, plus hangers
· Goodwill – 38 bags of clothes and 37 bags of bedding
· Helping Hand in Myrtle Beach – seven boxes of personal hygiene products
· Horry County Animal Care Center – nine bags of towels, blankets, brooms and mops

· Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach – 12 mops and brooms, five bags of towels and blankets, one box of food and cleaning supplies

· North Strand Housing Shelter – four bags of bedding, four bags of clothes, five shower caddies, and six boxes of cleaning and paper products
· Salvation Army in Conway – 48 bags of clothing and bedding, plus 18 large canvas size bins of household items and furniture
· Sea Haven for Youth in Myrtle Beach – 17 bags of clothes, six boxes of cleaning products and brooms
· Shepherd’s Table – three boxes of nonperishable food, paper products and supplies
· Waccamaw Youth Center – six bags of clothes, four boxes of cleaning supplies, five shower caddies