Charles City Rotary Club collects heaps of scrap metal in fundraiser
By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com
Piles of scrap metal have been cleaned up in Charles City and will now be recycled, with the money raised used for community projects.
The Charles City Rotary Club is finishing up its second scrap metal drive fundraiser.
Chris Garden, the chairman of the Rotary Club’s service project committee who organized the drive, as well as providing a truck and trailer for the hauling, said the total amount of metal collected this year was down from last year’s inaugural event.
“But the price of scrap metal is higher this year, which is nice,” Garden said.
A drive last year by the Rotary as well as scrap drives by the Lions Club have likely reduced the amount of scrap metal available in the community, he said.
“I know last year we picked up some stuff that had been sitting around for quite a few years, so that’s kind of good,” Garden said. “It started out as a fundraiser, but it kind of turns into a community service, too, helping to clean up the town, especially this year with not having the spring clean-up.”
Some of the larger scrap donations this year came from Winnebago Industries, Daniels Auto Collision, Mick Gage Plumbing and Heating and from McDonald’s and Hy-Vee, which donated equipment that has been replaced in store renovation or updating projects.
Helping with the project was Rich Tynan, of Tynan’s Recycling, who had bins marked at his site for people to drop off scrap donations for the Rotary Club as well taking what the club picked up.
The club had collected 31 tons of scrap metal as of Monday afternoon, Garden said Tynan told him, with a few big loads still scheduled to be collected.
Money raised through the drive will go to support Rotary Club projects and scholarships, and to help support other community projects.
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