Celebrity Grease Runs
Our grease collection business began to grow about a year ago, when Moya showed up from Kentucky. She took a leap of faith, jumped off the stage which was her life, and we caught her.
She snatched Kate out of the intern bin and the two have formed a formidable binary star system ever since.
As part of Piedmont’s new world order, they have embarked on “Celebrity Grease Runs,” in which they load the vacuum truck with everything they need: gloves, hoses, stingers, drums, and an extra volunteer person who rides along.
Tami was the first to participate. She spent a long day sucking grease and allegedly impressed both Moya and Kate with her quick learning and her strong back. Everyone was afraid she would lose a tiara in a dumpster, or break a nail, but neither happened and Tami’s stock went up as news of their successful day spread across our project.
Contrary to popular perception, you do not need to be a blonde to participate in Celebrity Grease Runs.
This morning as I trudged through the gate, I encountered Beth Turner getting ready to go suck grease. It was a humid June morning, and she was feeling a little shiny, but her enthusiasm for the adventure ahead was palpable.
What is unclear at this point is who is the celebrity in the “Celebrity Grease Run.” Surely both Tami and Beth are big names around town-but some argue that it is in fact Moya and Kate who have celebrity status.
We can argue about it.
In the meantime, we have a new focus on our feedstock collection efforts. With a newly polished budget, a new web presence, and a brochure coming soon, we are doing some outreach to anyone interested in gaining more intimacy with the oil collection side of our lives.
Anyone interested in going on a run, or helping out with more grease pickup points, should email greasegoddess@biofuels.coop.
Feedstock collection, it seems, like membership, volunteer projects, and local fuel sales, is growing again.
Original post by Lyle