Iron County Care and Share

Emergency Shelter & Food Pantry

222 West 900 North, Cedar City, UT 84721 435-586-4962

Peggy Green
222 W 900 N
Cedar City, UT 84721

[Date]

George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation

Toni Lehtinen
79 S. Main St., 14th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1929

Toni Lehtinen,

We are so grateful for the generosity that your foundation has shown to us in the past and we are pleased
to say that our organization has grown and improved immensely due to your charitable donations. Thank
you, once again, for receiving a grant proposal from us for the funding of yet another project that will
enable us to serve the food insecure population in our area. Our proposal is for the Sustainable
Maintenance Project at the Iron County Care and Share (SM Project at the ICCS). Our proposal
submission is in response to your quarterly request for proposals. This proposal contains our plan for
increasing the number of food insecure individuals served by the Iron County Care and Share (ICCS)
food pantry. The SM Project will not only benefit the low-income and food insecure families in the area;
it will also provide a recycling service to all residents of Cedar City and the surrounding area.

Our project plan focuses on increasing our ability to maintain and expand our food pantry by creating a
cardboard recycling center in food pantry warehouse. This plan offers three main benefits. First, this
project will free up other funds within our accounts to use for improving the lives of the food insecure
individuals within our reach. Second, this provides a recycling center for local cardboard disposal. Third,
this project is self-sustainable and will pay off in the long run. The funds we receive from Rocky
Mountain Recycling for our bales of cardboard will sustain the costs to run the machine and the project as
well as replenish the ICCS repairs and maintenance account.

The ICCS is excited to start this project to reach more of those who are in need while providing a
recycling center for locals. Our past uniquely qualifies us for this project. We have provided service to
low-income and food insecure individuals for over 38 years. Our non-profit organization was founded in a
small house and has expanded to a 5,300 square-foot warehouse with a neighboring homeless shelter. Our
organization is growing steadily due to our dedicated and qualified staff. Funding the SM Project at the
ICCS will enable us to expand our reach more quickly than we could do on our own.

Your consideration is greatly appreciated; we truly hope to work with you in the future. If you have any
questions, please contact me at peggyg@careandshare-ut.org. I will follow up with you on June 30, 2018.

Sincerely,

Peggy Green
Iron County Care and Share
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Table of Contents

Executive Summary 1

Current Situation 2

Introduction to Food Insecurity & the ICCS 2

Project Plan 3

Our Qualifications 6

Evaluation 7

Dissemination & Sustainability 8

Budget 9

Conclusion 11

Appendix A: Resumes 12

Appendix B: Vertical BACE Baler Quote and Information 13

Appendix C: Gantt Chart 18

References 19
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Executive Summary
The Iron County Care and Share (ICCS) runs a food pantry and a homeless shelter to serve food
insecure individuals and low-income families. Our constant desire is to better address food
insecurity in Iron County. We currently reach a portion of the struggling individuals, but we
know there is more that we can do to reach a greater percentage of this population. We propose
increasing the ICCS’ ability to serve this population by starting a cardboard recycling center
within the food pantry warehouse. The bales of cardboard will be sold to Rocky Mountain
Recycling to provide a constant stream of income for regular repairs, maintenance and expansion
of the ICCS food pantry. This project will free up other ICCS funds to be used in more
meaningful ways to support the local food insecure population. We have titled this project the
Sustainable Maintenance Project at the ICCS or the SM Project at the ICCS. Achieving this
project plan will require the following steps:

1. Purchase a cardboard baler and have it delivered to the ICCS food pantry warehouse.
2. Set up a contract with Rocky Mountain Recycling to pick up 1-ton bales of cardboard on
a weekly or bimonthly basis.
3. Train and assign an employee to run the baler and the donation center.
4. Use profits to indefinitely sustain the SM Project at the ICCS Food Pantry.

The objectives listed above will enable us to provide service to all Iron County residents
including those who are food insecure and those who are not. Also represented in the project
plan is a Gantt chart showing the timeline of the project. The area sustainability specialist,
Stephen Gwinn, has recommended that Cedar City take on recycling one small step at a time by
collecting recyclables in one location then shipping them out to a larger facility, since Cedar City
is not large enough to maintain one of its own (Wentz, 2014).

This proposal lists the evaluation of the project including primary and secondary outcomes. It
additionally includes a dissemination plan to spread knowledge about the new cardboard
recycling center in Cedar City. Also explained is how the project will be sustained managerially,
socially, technically, and environmentally. The qualifications of our team are listed as well. Our
itemized budget, totals $26,405.60. The portion we are requesting from your foundation is
$26,665.60. The ICCS will contribute and share the costs by providing the facility, staff and
continual maintenance. The cardboard baler quote is attached in Appendix B.

This venture will enable us to reach more food insecure individuals than we ever have before
while providing a recycling option for Cedar City residents. As locals come to dispose of
cardboard, they will witness the success of what we do and donate more to helping those in need.
This is a secondary outcome that will also increase our ability to serve those who enter our doors.

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Introduction to Food Insecurity & the ICCS

The USDA defines food insecurity as reports of reduced quality, variety or desirability of diet
and, in more severe cases, reports of multiple indications of disrupted eating patterns and
reduced food intake (“Definitions…”). Nineteen percent of households in Iron County are
experiencing food insecurity (Chiarenza, 2015). The number of food insecure individuals in Iron
County is high due to the high poverty rates in the area. According to the US Census Bureau, the
five-year estimate from 2012-2016 showed 23.5% of households in Iron County are below
poverty level (“U.S. Census Bureau”). The percentage of homeless people in Iron County is
difficult to predict, but the Iron County Care and Share (ICCS) receives one to two new clients
seeking shelter daily. In April 2017, a typical month, we welcomed 49 new clients and supplied
272 nights of emergency shelter including 65 nights for children under 18. During the same
month we also received 45,317 pounds of donated food in the pantry warehouse and distributed
37,183 pounds of food from the pantry. Our pantry also served 2,121 people in 125 households,
shared 372 sack lunches and served 1,181 healthy meals to those in the shelter.

The ICCS food pantry was founded in 1984 by a group of local churches to address hunger in the
area. In 2007, with the help of many generous donations, we were able to expand the ICCS by
building a 5,300 square-foot food pantry to better meet the needs of the community. The families
we serve may visit the pantry once each week to select perishable items including produce, milk,
eggs and bread. Not only do we provide food to the homeless and impoverished, we take food
boxes to those without transportation and to those who cannot physically come into the pantry to
pick up food. Overall, through our food pantry, we provide more than 850 different households
with nutritional food packages also including hygiene items and cleaning supplies each month.
Despite all that we do, we are still only reaching a portion of the local food insecure population;
we have developed a plan to address that issue.

Current Situation
The primary goal of the SM Project is to strengthen the ICCS Food Pantry to better address food
insecurity in Iron County by purchasing a cardboard baler to recycle used and donated
cardboard. As stated earlier, 19% of households in Iron County are experiencing food insecurity;
we are the beacon of light for many of these struggling families (Chiarenza, 2015). Our food
pantry is often the only place where some of these families receive necessary food support. Our
organization is successful at serving food insecure individuals and families; however, we yearn
to reach more of these low-income families and individuals. To address the issue of food
insecurity in Iron County, we need our pantry in top shape. Maintaining the pantry and
supporting the staff while serving thousands of people each month is a difficult feat. Repairs,
maintenance, replacements, and upgrades are regular necessities required to keep the ICCS
running to provide for our clients.

We desire a means of supplying the food pantry with a constant stream of proceeds for regular
repairs, maintenance, replacements and upgrades so that we may increase our service to the food

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insecure population in our area. The most feasible means for such an operation will be to
purchase a cardboard baler to compact used and donated cardboard into bales to sell to Rocky
Mountain Recycling. The profits will be directly used to indefinitely support the basic physical
needs of the ICCS food pantry so that the funds normally spent on these requirements may be
more meaningfully allocated toward serving the food-insecure population and sustaining other
hunger-fighting programs.

The Cedar City Council has considered building a recycling, sorting and packaging plant locally
but recognizes Cedar City to be still too small for its own plant (Wentz, 2014). The need for a
cardboard recycling plant is growing though, and it is evidenced by the daily inquiries posed to
director Peggy Green on the subject. Stone Castle Recycling, a recycling company that used to
take care of Cedar City’s recyclables, recently closed due to its second fire within one year
(Wentz, 2014). Consequently, the Cedar City council made a deal with Robinson Recycling in
St. George, Utah to pick up recyclables from Cedar City’s “binnies” spread throughout the city.
These “binnies” only accept glass, aluminum and paper (not cardboard). As a result, Cedar City
residents are left without a place to take their used cardboard for recycling. Stephen Gwinn, a
sustainability specialist who does recycling consulting for Cedar City, gave the recommendation
that Cedar take on recycling one small step at a time (Wentz, 2014). He suggested that Cedar
City collect and bale recyclables in one location then ship them to a processing plant since Cedar
City is not large enough for a multimillion-dollar facility to do so (Wentz, 2014). With the new
cardboard baler at the ICCS, all locals will finally have a location to donate cardboard to while
also benefitting food insecure families in the area.

Our director, Peggy Green, plans to oversee the process of clearing space for the baler in the
ICCS warehouse, arranging a contract with Rocky Mountain Recycling to pick up cardboard
bales on a weekly basis, and purchasing the cardboard baler. We have decided on which baler
will be best for our purposes and we are seeking funding for this baler. This project will only
require one-time funding; we will carry out the remainder of the project.

Project Plan
This section is in place to communicate a comprehensive plan to purchase and implement a
cardboard baler at the ICCS food pantry. The goal of our plan is to use the funds received from
cardboard recycling to maintain the food pantry while freeing up other funds to render more
extensive service and reach a greater percentage of the food insecure population in Iron County.
Maintaining the food pantry’s regular repairs, maintenance and upgrades while trying to
maintain the amount of service we render is a difficult feat. Without the new baler, our food
pantry will not be able to reach the full 19% of food insecure residents in Iron County because so
much of the funding that could go toward serving these individuals ends up covering necessities
such as maintenance and repair fees. A new baler will allow us to sell baled cardboard to Rocky
Mountain Recycling out of St. George, Utah for $45-80 per bale depending on the monthly rate.
To carry out the primary goal of the SM project, which is to more fully address food insecurity in
Iron County by strengthening the ICCS food pantry through the purchase of a cardboard baler,
the following four main objectives are in place:

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• Purchase a cardboard baler and have it delivered to the ICCS food pantry warehouse
• Set up a contract with Rocky Mountain Recycling to pick up 1-ton bales of cardboard on
a weekly or bimonthly basis
• Train and assign an employee to run the baler and the donation center
• Use profits to indefinitely sustain the SM Project at the ICCS Food Pantry.

The objectives listed above will enable us to provide service to

many more Iron County residents than we currently reach including
those who desire to recycle cardboard and those who are food
insecure. Each objective may be accomplished by following
specific steps. Below are listed the objectives followed by the steps
required to fulfill those objectives.

Objectives

Objective One: Purchase a Cardboard Baler

The ICCS is requesting $12,301.80 (including tax) for a new BACE

Baler Corp Model V63-OCC Vertical [Cardboard] Baler (see
Figure 1). This is one of the most critical objectives to render the
SM project at the ICCS successful. Without a baler, it is impossible
to pack cardboard into large enough bundles/bales for recycling
companies to offer compensation for. This piece of equipment will
also attract the environment-conscious locals and encourage
recycling throughout Cedar City. To carry out this objective we first researched the types and
prices of cardboard balers. Second, we determined which
one is best for our purposes. The third step, one we have yet • Figure 1: The BACE Baler Corp Model
to take, is to place an offer for this machine. The fourth step V63-OCC Vertical [Cardboard] Baler
will involve arranging shipping procedures to enable easy delivery to the food pantry warehouse.
Deliverable:
• The BACE Baler Corp Model V63-OCC Vertical [Cardboard] Baler

Objective Two: Set up a Contract with Rocky Mountain Recycling to Pick up Bales of Cardboard
on a Weekly or Bimonthly Basis

Setting up a contract with a company that picks up cardboard for processing is essential to the
SM project goals. Rocky Mountain Recycling determines the amount of cash the SM program
takes in per bale, so it is important to establish a professional relationship with this company and
organize a regular pick-up time. We have already contacted Rocky Mountain Recycling, and we
currently have a contract in progress to coordinate regular cardboard pick-up times. To fulfill this
objective, we first researched local paper companies that could pick up 1-ton bales of cardboard.
We found that Rocky Mountain Recycling, based out of St. George, Utah, is the best company
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second step we have taken in setting up a contract with Rocky Mountain Recycling was
to discuss policies, distances traveled, and amounts offered for bales of cardboard. The going-
rate

for cardboard varies between $45 to $80 each month, and this company does often send out
trucks to pick up recyclables outside of St. George, Utah. The third step that we must yet follow
is to set up a regular pick-up time once we have the baler running
Deliverable:
• A Permanent contract for pick-up and payment with Rocky Mountain Recycling
• Cash to fill the SM Project account for maintenance of the food pantry facility

Objective Three: Train and Assign an Employee to Run the Baler and the Donation Center

The baler must be manually controlled by an adult employee. Training on use and safety of the
machine is legally required by anyone who purchases a cardboard baler for the safety of its users.
It requires steps to ensure employees are safe and effective while using the baler. The first step
includes assigning an adult employee to study the manual thoroughly and watch all safety videos
pertaining to the baler before use. The second step we will complete is educating all employees
who will be working within the vicinity of the baler on safety precautions, use and purpose. The
third step will include starting a cardboard donation center, which we will place an employee
over. The fourth step we will take is assigning an employee to be over marketing and
coordinating with the Cedar City Council to distribute information regarding the new recycling
option available. We have no doubt that the Council will be thrilled to help us disseminate the
exciting information.
Deliverable:
• Assigned and trained adult employee(s) to run the baler
• Assigned employee to run the cardboard donation center and marketing
• Regular usage of the cardboard baler for daily compacting/baling

Objective Four: Use Profits to Sustain the SM Project at the ICCS

The main purpose of the cardboard recycling activity is to supply the ICCS Food Pantry with a
constant stream of income for regular repairs and maintenance so that our other funds may reach
more food insecure clients. The steps we must take to ensure these funds sustain the SM Project
include first recording proceeds in the financial system while placing the cash into a specific
fund for the SM Project. The second step is to use these funds only for the SM Project purposes
and not for personal gain or employee salaries. This is to abide by tax laws. The third step is to
track how much money is taken in throughout the year to report to you, our grant giver.
Deliverables:
• Funds to maintain, upgrade and repair the ICCS
• Increased funds for other programs to aid the food insecure population in Iron County
• An annual report to the grant giver showing how much money was spent on other
programs that would have normally been used on maintenance/repairs

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This plan is imperative to the continual sustainment and potential expansion of the ICCS Food
Pantry which will result in greater service to the local food insecure population. This project will
offer a place for residents of Cedar City to support their local food pantry through disposing of
cardboard that they want to discard anyway. To achieve our goal, we will purchase a cardboard
baler, set up a contract with Rocky Mountain Recycling, train employees to run the machine and
donation center, and then keep track and use profits to indefinitely sustain the SM Project at our
food pantry. Following these steps will provide us with a cardboard baler, assigned employees,
and a greater ability to positively influence the lives of the food insecure residents in our
community. We will provide an annual report showing how much money is earned through the
SM Project and the increase in number of food insecure individuals that our food pantry serves.
The need is beyond sufficient for such a center and the benefits of purchasing a cardboard
compacting machine will impact the ICCS and its clients for years to come.

Qualifications
The Iron County Care and Share (ICCS) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that shines as a
beacon of light for thousands of individuals in Iron County. Our strength lies in our ability to
serve thousands of people each month. We distribute over 37,000 pounds of food each month to
low-income and food insecure individuals through our food pantry. We are often the sole source
of groceries for many of the food-insecure households in the area. Our incredibly dedicated and
compassionate employees make this work possible. We have established a relationship of trust
with multiple local and national organizations from which we receive grants regularly. These
grants help us fund our facilities and many programs such as our Commodity Supplemental Food
Program (CSFP), Kids Mobile Food Pantries, Permanent Supportive-Housing program and
more. Community partners such as Southern Utah University provide volunteers for our
organization to flourish. We also work with many other partners in the community, neighboring
counties, and the state to help homeless and low-income individuals and families work toward
self-sufficiency.

Local churches in our community built our organization in 1984 to address hunger in the area.
As our organization grew, we opened an emergency shelter program and began offering a
transitional housing program for homeless men and women in 1996. In 1997, we added an
emergency assistance program for homeless individuals and families followed by an additional
homeless outreach program in 2000. In 2007, with the help of many generous donations, the
ICCS expanded by building a 5,300-square foot food pantry to better meet the needs of the
community. Following that, in 2010, we built a homeless shelter next to the pantry that
accommodates 19 men, 9 women and 3 families each night.

The families our food pantry serves may visit the pantry once each week to select perishable
items including produce, milk, eggs and bread. Not only does the ICCS provide food to the
homeless and impoverished, it takes food boxes to those without transportation or to those who
cannot come into the pantry to pick up food. Overall, the food pantry provides more than 850
different households with nutritional food packages also including hygiene items and cleaning
supplies each month. Everything we do is in accordance with our mission statement, which is as
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creating opportunities for increased stability and self-sufficiency. Our vision is to nurture
creativity and communication among clients, staff, Board and community members to evaluate,
adjust and adapt services and programs to effectively and efficiently meet goals and objectives.
We respect individuals’ values and dignity; we accept diversity and encourage a community of
trust.

Our director, Peggy Green, is extremely well suited to run the ICCS. She has worked here for _
years and has fostered the growth and expansion of the ICCS. Her compassion and desire to
serve truly help our organization to flourish. She has a vision for the future and works extremely
hard to make sure the ICCS is always improving to reach and serve more individuals in the
community. (I will include more facts here about Peggy after she sends me her biography.
Information must also be included here about who will run the baler.)

Our organization is precisely fit to accommodate a new cardboard baler to continue the service
we render to the local food insecure population. Our record of accomplishment shows the growth
that we have experienced over the last 38 years. We plan to continue expanding to increase our
impact on the lives of the low-income families surrounding us. Our director and staff are
compassionate and willing to do whatever it takes to reach more of the struggling population in
our area. We feel competent and qualified to take on a cardboard baler and start a donation center
in our food pantry warehouse.

Evaluation
The primary goal of the SM Project at the Iron County Care and Share (ICCS) is to increase the
number of individuals served in the community by improving the ICCS’ ability to maintain
itself. The first objective is to purchase a cardboard baler. The primary outcome of purchasing a
baler will be better maintenance, more repairs and possible expansion of the ICCS to better serve
its clients. These funds, provided by Rocky Mountain Recycling as bales of cardboard are sold,
will enable the ICCS food pantry to more aptly apply adequate aid to community residents in
need. The money that the ICCS would have spent on repairs without the SM Project will then be
allocated to other meaningful programs such as the Commodity Supplemental Food Program
(CSFP) or the Kids Mobile Food Pantries. Secondary outcomes include a place for Cedar City
residents to discard cardboard, less trees wasted to make cardboard, and greater environmental
awareness. We will record the amount of cash applied to other projects and programs that would
have otherwise been spent on repairs, maintenance and upgrades throughout the year. We will
continue to measure the number of people served by the specific programs mentioned above and
by the food pantry itself to show that the number served is increasing.

The second objective is to set up a contract with Rocky Mountain Recycling to pick up bales of
cardboard on a weekly basis as they are baled. The primary outcome is that the ICCS food pantry
will bring in cash to supply its repairs and maintenance fund for better service of its clients.
Rocky Mountain Recycling will purchase each bale at a given price upon each pick-up date and
those funds will go directly into the maintenance account. A secondary outcome is that for each
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the residents of the community will be more aware of environmental responsibility and increase
overall recycling practices.

Objective three is to train and assign an employee to run the baler and the donation center. The
primary outcome of this process is a trained employee and a means of operating the baler for
production of bales to be sold. These bales, as stated before, will bring in the necessary funds for
the repair and expansion fund for the ICCS to better serve its clients. A secondary outcome is
that an employee will be able to gain new experience with this responsibility.

The fourth and final objective is to allocate profits to the SM Project account for current and
future repairs, maintenance, upgrades and possible expansion. The primary outcome will be a
properly maintained facility to better serve clients and to increase funds for other hunger-fighting
programs that the ICCS runs including the Commodity Supplemental Food Program and the
Kids Mobile Food Pantries.

Dissemination
The ICCS plans to coordinate with the Cedar City Council to spread knowledge of the new
cardboard recycling center. The Cedar City Council has many outlets to advertise and circulate
information concerning new opportunities available in the community. It is suspected that they
will donate the means to post ads in the local newspapers about our recycling center. We will
rely heavily on them for advertising as well as posting the information on our website.

Sustainability
Purchasing a Cardboard Baler is the beginning of a sustainable mission to provide constant funds
for the ICCS Food Pantry. The director of the ICCS, Peggy Green, will head the financial
maintenance of the cardboard recycling process and donation center. As locals bring cardboard
to the donation center, the bales will be sold and the profits will be deposited into the SM Project
account. The SM project fund will pay for repairs, maintenance and upgrades of the food pantry
as well as the upkeep of the machine itself. Hence, this baler will be financially self-sustainable
as Cedar City residents bring in their cardboard for recycling. This is the reason why we are
asking for a one-time donation: we know the profits we receive from Rocky Mountain Recycling
will provide the maintenance funds necessary for continued use without further donations.

Managerial sustainability will be carried out by director Peggy Green of the ICCS. The employee
assigned to run the donation center will direct all marketing of the project to continually inform
Cedar City residents of the recycling option. Locals will sustain the project by donating
cardboard, which they will never experience a shortage of due to the constant rise in online
purchases delivered in cardboard boxes. Should the assigned employee leave this position for
any reason, training will take place to ensure a new employee is educated to continue the
process.

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Social sustainability will occur as Cedar City residents bring in their used cardboard. These
residents will benefit from the donation center because of this opportunity to be more
environmentally responsible. It is presumed that as residents witness the good that we deliver to
individuals in need, they will have a desire to help and donate to our cause. Benefits will
continue to accrue as word spreads and more citizens bring in cardboard that they want to
dispose of.

Technical sustainability will be made possible by local engineers. Rocky Mountain Recycling
has technicians that maintain balers; since we will be purchasing the baler from them, they will
offer the services necessary to maintain the baler without difficulty.

Environmental sustainability has been eluded to throughout this proposal: as residents bring in
disposable cardboard, the entire city will be living a greener lifestyle. With this baler, we will be
able to bale cardboard into 1-ton bales saving 17 trees per bale. As the bales continue to turn out
each week, we will save hundreds of trees in one month! In addition, recycling cardboard will
save water, landfill space, and carbon dioxide emissions (“Industrial Cardboard…”).

Budget
This section discusses the budget of the SM Project at the ICCS including the cost of the
cardboard baler and other materials along with cost estimates for personnel. The purpose of this
section is to list the costs necessary to achieve the objectives of the SM Project. This budget will
also discuss the importance of each dollar required to start this program and the value each will
add to the ICCS food pantry.

There are three main costs required to accomplish the SM Project including the cost of the
cardboard baler, bins to store cardboard and personnel to run the machine for the first year (See
Table 1). The BACE Baler Corp Model V63-OCC Vertical [Cardboard] Baler has been chosen
for purchase and comes to a total of $12,301.80 (including tax). This price includes freight,
delivery, installation, testing, and the final electrical hookup from cut-off box. Rocky Mountain
Recycling, located conveniently in St. George, Utah, is the company that will sell the baler to us.
The donation center will require bins to store donated and used cardboard that is ready for
baling. The bins we have chosen are Rubbermaid Tilt Truck Lid bins that fit 13 ½ cubic feet of
cardboard. Our plan is to bale cardboard as soon as a stock pile is large enough to bale, so these
bins will serve as storage places for the cardboard until enough is available for baling. We plan
to purchase two of these storage bins at the price of $139 each. In addition, we must purchase
ties or wires to bind the bales of cardboard. A package of 250 wires costs $204. We will also
require other materials such as leather gloves for the cardboard handler and safety goggles. In
addition, the cost of personnel to run the baler must be considered. We’re expecting that the
employee will run the baler once a week for a full day. This employee makes $8.00 an hour and
over three months that totals $768.00. After the first three months we should have enough funds
from baling to maintain our operation costs. The cost of electricity to run the baler is estimated to
be around $5.00 per bale; the funds to run the baler will be provided by the ICCS.

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The primary aim of acquiring these assets is to provide the ICCS with a greater ability to fund its
programs for food insecure individuals and families. We currently reach many of the low-income
people in Iron County, but a cardboard donation center and baler will enable us to have a greater
capacity to serve even more of the food insecure population. Each of the items required for the
SM Project plan have been thoughtfully considered and will indirectly bring vital aid to the food
insecure people of Iron County.

SM Project Budget for 1 Year

Budget Items by Category
Materials and Machinery Costs
Cardboard Baler $ 12,301.80
Recycling Bins $ 278.00
Wires/Ties $ 204.00
Leather Gloves (1 pair) $ 30.00
Safety Goggles $ 5.00
Subtotal of Material Costs $ 12,818.80

Personnel Costs
Employee Time for 3 Months $ 768.00

Operation Costs
Electricity for 1 Year $ 260.00

Cash In-Kind
Employee Time for 9 Months $ 2,304.00

Total Requested from Sponsor $ 26,665.60

Total In-Kind Donations $ 2,304.00
Table 1: SM Project Budget including costs for 1 year of maintenance. The cost of employee time (8
hours a day, once a week) for the first three months of the project is included in our request amount, but
not for the entire year. The remainder of the amount required to pay employees involved will be provided
by the ICCS.

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Conclusion
This plan is imperative to the continual sustainment and potential expansion of the ICCS Food
Pantry for greater service to the local food insecure population. This project will offer a place for
residents of Cedar City to support their local food pantry through disposing of cardboard that
they want to discard anyway. To achieve our goal, we will purchase a cardboard baler, set up a
contract with Rocky Mountain Recycling, train employees to run the machine and donation
center, and keep track and use profits to indefinitely sustain the SM Project at our food pantry.
Following these steps will provide us with a cardboard baler, assigned employees, and a greater
ability to positively influence the lives of the food insecure residents of our community. We will
provide an annual report showing how much money is earned through the SM Project and the
increase in number of food insecure individuals that our food pantry serves. The need is beyond
sufficient for such a center and the benefits of purchasing a cardboard compacting machine will
impact the ICCS and its clients for years to come.

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Appendix A:
Appendix A includes the resumes of the director and two key staff members who will oversee
the SM Project at the ICCS. Peggy Green, the director of the ICCS, has incredible experience
running this non-profit organization and is thoroughly invested in its success. She will assign
Chris Simms to run the cardboard recycling center and baler. Chris Simms is a dedicated
employee who has worked at the ICCS for ___ years and is willing to head off this new venture
with full vigor. The third key staff member is Pat Brajinkoff who runs the finances at the ICCS.
She is well equipped to handle the new recycling center and has a plan to keep the funds flowing
properly. Attached are each of these key employees’ resumes to show how this recycling venture
can be made a success.

Peggy Green Resume

Chris Simms Resume

Pat Brajinkoff Resume

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Appendix B:
The following quote was received from Rocky Mountain Recycling for the cardboard baler we
desire to purchase. Following the quote and description of the baler are more forms describing
uses and dimensions of the baler. Those forms were received directly from Rocky Mountain
Recycling.

February 19, 2018

For: Iron County Care and Share

BACE Baler Corp Model V63-OCC Vertical Baler (NEW)

Equipped as follows:
• Side Mounted Power Unit
• Motor Size – 10 HP, 3-Phase, 230/480 Volt
• Nema 4 Control Box & Controls
• CSA and UL Listed Components
• Auto-Opening Safety Gate
• Safety Training Video Included
• Max Compaction Force – 62,202 lbs
• Bale Size – 60”x 30”x 48”
• Estimated OCC Bale Weight – 1000 lbs
• Cycle Time – 48 Seconds
• Feed Opening – 58” x 25”
• Cylinder Size – 6’ Bore
• Includes 22 Gallons of Hydraulic Fluid
• Footprint – 88” Wide x 39” Deep x 136” Tall
• Includes Operator Training
• Includes Delivery and Installation
Total: $11,600.00 Plus Applicable Tax

Price includes freight, delivery, installation, testing, and final electrical hookup from cut-off box.
Customer is responsible for all applicable permits and electrical service to baler location.
R. Jefre Hicks 801-599-5681 rhicks@rockymountainrecycling.com
Rocky Mountain Recycling – Equipment Division

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Appendix C:
Gantt Chart for the SM Project at the ICCS
The following chart shows the project plan timeline. Many of the steps have already been
completed including research into logistics and machinery. Forming a relationship with Rocky
Mountain Recycling is currently in progress. There is much to complete, but a plan is in place to
complete all objectives listed in the project plan section

Figure 2: Gantt Chart showing the timeline of the SM Project at the ICCS

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