In this podcast, I share the audio from an interview I did with Lynn McCullough and Joe Wojniak (pronounced why-knock). Lynn runs the TRU Hospice Thrift Shop in Boulder, Colorado.

TRU Thrift Shop sells donated household items and clothes to raise money to provide hospice care services for those in need.

Joe is her brother, and he volunteered to help them improve the workflow, reduce waste hauling charges, and increase revenues with Lean and Six Sigma methods.

I also discuss the future of this podcast, and how I will be changing the name in the future, but still focusing a lot of attention on environmental improvements.

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Links

* TRU Hospice Thrift Shop* Donation Guide* TRU Community Care* Lynn McCullough (email)* Joe Wojniak (blog)* Lean Six Sigma for the Environment (free online course)* WASTE Walks online course (free with coupon code)* Earth Belt Certification* LeanSixSigmaForGood.com (future podcast title)

Transcript

Brion:  Today,

I’ve got a couple of guests with me, Lynn McCullough and Joe Wojniak. They’ve

done some great work applying Lean and Six Sigma methods to nonprofit. Lynn, do

you want to introduce yourself and talk about TRU Community Care and the work

you’ve done at the thrift shop you’ve got going there?

Lynn:  Yes. I’m the

thrift shop manager. We opened our thrift shop in 2005 to be a fundraiser for

the programs of TRU Community Care. Our organization provides or end-of-life

care to those in our community, whether they have the ability to pay or not. We

opened the store to receive donations and try to raise some money, and we’ve

been working towards that end ever since.

Brion:  And where in

Colorado are you guys located?

Lynn:  We’re in

Boulder.

Brion:  Boulder,

excellent. And Joe?