{"id":1003,"date":"2024-02-15T12:28:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T17:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/environmentaladvisor\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2024-03-13T12:33:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:33:26","slug":"a-grand-opening-for-unes-s-w-a-p-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/environmentaladvisor\/2024\/02\/15\/a-grand-opening-for-unes-s-w-a-p-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"A Grand Opening for UNE\u2019s S.W.A.P. Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>by Cloey Parlapiano &amp; Alethea Cariddi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After over a decade of being a glimmer in the eye of the Sustainability Office, and two years of make-shift\/prototyping pop-up thrift events hosted by Earth\u2019s E.C.O., and over a semester of planning by students in the Millennium Fellowship, the UNE S.W.A.P. Shop hosted its grand opening on February 14, 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day started with Amanda Payne from Bangor Savings Bank arriving with the new P.O.S. (point of sale) machine that allows our shop to accept credit card transactions.&nbsp; Amanda stayed to get all ten of our new employees set up and trained on the system.&nbsp; Giving her a tour of the space and what Bangor Savings Bank had helped create was a prideful moment for our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The S.W.A.P. shop officially opened at 1 p.m. by one of the shop\u2019s student managers, Ruth Ellis, putting out our sign. Together, the SWAP employees, Eco-Reps, and members of Earth\u2019s E.C.O. welcomed their first visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shop student employees had set a seemingly lofty goal of 100 customers for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than an hour into the grand opening, there had already been over 50 visitors to the shop, and by 4:30 they met their goal with their 100th customer!&nbsp; By 6:00, as the shop was closing and taking stock of the day, we acknowledged how much support we felt from the community.&nbsp; We saw 112 visitors throughout the day, and brought in over $350 in sales &#8211; a major accomplishment, considering most everything in the shop is $1-$5. It was a total success, and we are so excited that the UNE community came to support us! We can\u2019t wait to continue the S.W.A.P. 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