ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- In an effort to recycle excess chairs, on March 24 and 25, Joint Munitions Command staff coordinated the donation of more than 650 chairs to other agencies outside of the federal government.
Through the determined efforts of Staff Sgt. Robert Hanners and Rudy Toth, JMC building manager, arrangements were made to donate the chairs to three non-federal agencies.
As part of the recent reorganization at Headquarters JMC, Roth purchased new office chairs for its employees who requested them. As a result, more than 650 used, but serviceable, chairs were deemed excess. Not wanting to throw away chairs that could possibly be used by local, state, federal or non-profit agencies, Staff Sgt. Hanners worked with a General Services Agency representative out of the Chicago area to find interested parties.
"It involved a lot of research and coordination," said Hanners, "but I'm glad we could provide these chairs to organizations that are able to use them."
More than 600 chairs were donated to the Illinois State Agency for Surplus Property. The ILSASP mission ensures the accountable, efficient, transparent and effective delivery of a broad range of programs and services to state agencies, the Illinois business community, local governments, and the citizens of Illinois, while maintaining the lowest impact on taxpayer dollars. It is located in Springfield, Illinois.
Another agency that received chairs was the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, located in Batavia, Illinois. It has a staff of 1,750 employees, and is America's premier physics laboratory. Collaborating with scientists from around the world, they perform pioneering research, operate world-leading particle accelerators and experiments, and develop technologies for science in support of U.S. industry. It received approximately 30 chairs.
The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission received 24 chairs. The GLIFWC is an agency of eleven Ojibwe tribes in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, all signatories to treaties retaining off-reservation treaty rights to fish, hunt and gather in the ceded territories.
"The efforts of Staff Sgt. Hanners allowed the headquarters to free up space needed to complete the reorganization of its office areas and to provide a more comfortable working environment for its staff," said Toth.
JMC produces small-, medium- and large-caliber ammunition items for the Department of Defense. JMC is the logistics integrator for life-cycle management of ammunition and provides a global presence of technical support to U.S. combat units wherever they are stationed or deployed. JMC's logistics operation is unique to the Department of Defense and its industrial base is an important asset in supporting the Warfighter.
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