Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 43.68
Liaison Jeane Pope
Submission Date June 23, 2020

STARS v2.2

DePauw University
EN-10: Community Partnerships

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Malorie Imhoff
Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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1st Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
Move Out Garage Sale

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Sustainability-focused

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
The annual DePauw Move Out is approaching its 11th year of community involvement. In partnership with the Family Support Services of West Central Indiana, all unwanted items are donated by students, collected from university-owned housing units and distributed to local families in need and nonprofits in the area. All remaining items are sold at affordable prices through a community-wide garage sale benefitting Family Support Services of West Central Indiana.

In 2019, more student and staff volunteers participated in collecting and sorting donations than ever before, more community members attended the sale and more money was raised for Family Support Services – more than $4,000! The program has grown from supporting 11 families in 2009 to more than 250 families in 2019. Tons of unwanted items have been displaced from landfills as a result of this campus- and community-wide effort.

2nd Partnership

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
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3rd Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
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Optional Fields 

A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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