{"292711":{"#nid":"292711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Treasure Makes Donations Convenient during Move-Out","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs freshmen move out of their residence halls next week, a group of second-year students will be on hand to salvage some of the discarded pieces of their first year at college.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlex Cheu is one of the students organizing Tech Treasure, an initiative that will bring Goodwill trailers to campus to accept donations of unwanted items during move-out.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe saw the potential for student involvement in finding a place for all the reusable items that get discarded during move-out,\u201d said Cheu, an electrical engineering major. He and three classmates from the Grand Challenges program \u2014 Rishabh Ananthan, Jessica Taylor, and Ed Zhu \u2014 decided to tackle this challenge and found Goodwill to be an eager partner.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey want to work more with colleges and are already doing similar programs at other schools,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re able to let students support Goodwill\u2019s mission by helping them stock their stores.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPerhaps most importantly, the program makes it convenient for students to donate rather than discard their unwanted items. Goodwill trailers will be stationed outside East Campus housing on Techwood Drive from Wednesday, April 30, through Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cheu hopes the program can expand to serve additional areas of campus in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudent volunteers will help direct students who are headed to the dumpster with reusable goods to instead take them to a Goodwill employee at one of the trailers. Volunteers have signed agreements that they won\u2019t be handling donations or \u201cdumpster diving,\u201d but simply trying to intercept students who may be throwing away items in good condition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re trying to do a small part of solving the grand challenge of sustainability in our community,\u201d Cheu said. This effort supports goal three of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/vision\u0022\u003ETech\u2019s Strategic Plan\u003C\/a\u003E, which focuses on student innovation, entrepreneurship, and public service. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpecific items volunteers will be looking to divert to Goodwill are couches, futons, televisions, refrigerators, microwaves, computers, and books.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGoodwill trailers will be on east campus to collect gently used furniture and other items.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Goodwill trailers will be on east campus to collect gently used furniture and other items."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-04-24 10:01:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:18","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"292721":{"id":"292721","type":"image","title":"Buzz Helps during Move Out","body":null,"created":"1449244313","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:51:53","changed":"1475894991","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:51","alt":"Buzz Helps during Move Out","file":{"fid":"199283","name":"0724103-p1-007.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0724103-p1-007_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0724103-p1-007_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1504052,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0724103-p1-007_0.jpg?itok=ydHVxpXF"}},"292741":{"id":"292741","type":"image","title":"Tech Treasure at Grand Challenges Poster Session","body":null,"created":"1449244313","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:51:53","changed":"1475894991","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:51","alt":"Tech Treasure at Grand Challenges Poster Session","file":{"fid":"199284","name":"techtreasure.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techtreasure_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techtreasure_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6470916,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/techtreasure_0.jpg?itok=IG6cv2Ru"}}},"media_ids":["292721","292741"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/grandchallenges.gatech.edu\/","title":"Grand Challenges Living Learning Community"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"266","name":"donation"},{"id":"27471","name":"grand challenges"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"790","name":"Housing"},{"id":"167247","name":"service"},{"id":"167488","name":"strategic plan"},{"id":"90141","name":"tech treasure"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:acheu3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAlex Cheu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETech Treasure\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}