04/05/2026
Hey everyone! Ever accidentally come into possession of half a ton of salmon/cajun crab dip? No? Yeah… that’s probably for the best, because last week we got a call from a trucking company that had part of a load rejected due to surplus, and somehow that situation ended with the whole Get-It-Away Junk Removal team standing there, staring at what can only be described as a mega pint of seafood, trying to figure out if we were doing a junk removal job or accidentally opening a buffet.
Now, before we get too excited, we had one very important question: “Is this still good?” Because there’s a fine line between “community opportunity” and “canceling your plans and bonding with your bathroom.” Luckily, it had been kept at the correct temperature, which meant we had officially upgraded from “problem” to “this is about to get wholesome”
So instead of dumping it, I made a call to the high school I graduated from and got in touch with my old leadership teacher, who—perfect timing—was running a food drive. A few calls later, we looped in the local food bank and suddenly what started as “why do we have this much salmon dip?” turned into “okay… we might actually pull something good off here.”
Then came the delivery, and I’m not exaggerating when I say we rolled up with enough seafood to make a coastal town nervous. We packed their fridge like it was a high-stakes Tetris match, and every time we thought we were done, there was somehow more. At one point I’m pretty sure the fridge itself started questioning its purpose.
They food bank was incredibly grateful—especially since everything was still fresh, which isn’t always the case with donations—and I’m fairly certain my old teacher just secured a landslide win in whatever classroom competition is happening right now. We did keep a few for ourselves, of course, strictly for quality control, which now means if anyone has a recipe that involves salmon dip for all three meals of the day, I’m open to suggestions because at this point it’s less of a snack and more of a long term commitment.
Here’s the thing—junk doesn’t always look like junk. Sometimes it’s a couch, sometimes it’s a pile in the yard, and sometimes it’s 1,000 pounds of perfectly good food that just ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Last year alone, our team handled over 250,000 pounds of material, recycled tens of thousands of pounds of metal, donated over 2,000lbs of salt, and helped redirect usable items back into the community instead of the landfill—because there’s almost always a better option if you’re willing to look for it.
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