Showing posts with label Trash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trash. Show all posts

Thursday, May 13, 2010

HWI Headquarters Progressing

Today Ken & Todd began doing some bike mechanics. We still have some sorting and organizing. The white board against the brick is peg board we plan to have silhouettes of where specific tools will hang.
We only have Todd with us for a few more years and he is off to France. Todd has been working with us to learn about bikes and potentially do something like HWI in France as he does church planting.
Updates are happening in every room. We didn't have a utility sink so one was put into a bathroom that was without a sink. Also, thanks to the trash we got the rack above the toilet, the toilet seat and the towel.
Here is our parts room. We now have shelving on both sides of the room. Seats will hang off of chain along the side of the shelving. All the steel shelving came from our landlord.
The other side of the room. We bought the bricks. The wood again came from the landlord. Many of our spare parts are in trash bins as you can see on the floor. The brick is just the right size for our trash bins-found in the trash when we first began.
Here is the 2nd desk in the office. Everything in the picture was supplied through the trash, including the pillow that goes perfectly with the walls. The paper shredder came to us broke and a neighbor resurrected it.
This is the other side of the office. The only pieces in the picture that weren't from the trash are the guitar in the corner and the carpet. God indeed knew how we would furnish our headquarters. I couldn't ask for a nicer office even if I went out and bought everything in it.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

God's Bountiful Provisions



When I signed the lease for HWI's new headquarters on April 20th, I never concerned myself with how it would be outfitted. I knew April 23-25 Glen Ellyn, Illinois had their every 2 year trash days where residents can throw out everything without cost. Here's a picture of what I found two years ago from Glen Ellyn's curbside shopping Days
So I went out with confidence. Also what I didn't find in Glen Ellyn I was bound to find in the dumpsters at Wheaton College when students moved out between May 6-9th. Here's the list of what I found for the office between these 2 locations with about 5 items coming from other free sources.


Accessories: Throw couch pillow, Umbrella, Love seat cover, Small cleaning brush, 4 small trash cans, 10 hangers, milk crate

Bathroom: 2-Plungers, 2-Mops, Over the toilet rack, Bathroom rug, 4 shower caddys, 10 Bathroom towels, Toilet bowl brush, 3 rolls toilet paper, 2 toilet seats, 2 beveled mirrors,

Bike Needs: 3 Bike Racks, 8 Bike display channels, 1 Wheeled Shelve Unit Workstation counter

Building: Steel Shelving Racks, Table Top 8', Shelf Top Birch 3’, Assorted steel & wood & pipe, 6 bricks for shelving

Chemicals: Cleaning supplies: bathroom, kitchen, all purpose, Hand wipes, 5- Air Freshener’s

Drawers/Storage Units: 6 desk drawer sorters, 6 shelf units-plastic, 2 desktop file holders, 6 Plastic Bins/drawers

Educational stuff: 3 backpacks, Webster’s

Electronics: X-Box, DVD portable player

Food: Pop, Condiments, Canned goods, Cereals, Fruit & vegetables, Cheeses, Coffee and tea, Disposable plates, P. butter and jelly,

Furniture: 3 small - Tables, Plug outlet tabletop, 1 end table, Oak Dining Room, table Round table, 4 chairs, 2-book shelve, Leather love seat, Steel kitchen cabinet, Mission coffee table, 2 shelf metal cart

Kitchen: 8 Dish Towels/clothes, Silverware, Dish ware, Glasses & mugs, Salt & Pepper shaker, 2 dish racks, can opener, large waste basket, blender, Pot Holder Set, Storage containers

Lights: Assorted light bulbs, 1 desk lamp, 4 standing lamps, 2 new IKEA lights

Office supplies: Stationary office chair, 3 swivel office chairs, Writing tools & paper, 3- rolls tape, scissors, stapler & staples, 3- hole punchers, 7- loose leafs, 2-Calculators, Portable DVD player, 1 Bookend, 1 – clipboard, HP Printer, 2 drawer file cabinet, 2 desks/overhead bin/self lighted units, Work Space partitions, 2 fans, Corner computer workspace/desk

Small Appliances: Turkish Coffee Maker, Mr. Coffee Maker, Expresso Maker, Hot pot,Popcorn Maker-air, 2 dorm refrigerators, Microwave

Sports equipment/Rec: Prof. foosball table, Small pingpong table

When you come into our new office just know one persons trash has been set up in a way that it is now being used by HWI's Headquarters and put to good use.