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Wolf Rounds Up Gifts for Mission
About three weeks ago, Chad Shafstall saw a needs list for the Topeka Rescue Mission.
The needs list, in particular, included a request for items to be given away during the Christmas season.
Shafstall, field safety officer for Topeka-based Wolf Construction, shared some of the needs with around 50 of his co-workers.
Little did he expect what was about to happen next.
"By the next Monday, I got a pickup load of things and was going to bring them down," Shafstall said. "By the following morning, my office was completely filled with donations. By Wednesday, the donations completely filled a conversion van."
Shafstall quickly saw something big was going on, so he enlisted the help of other local companies — among them Safety Consulting, Safety Supplies, Prairie Trucking, Salisbury and White Star.
On Wednesday morning, the fruit of all the companies' labors and donations was evident when Wolf Construction brought an 18-wheel flatbed tractor-trailer full of around 25 pallets loaded with gifts to the Topeka Rescue Mission's warehouse at 206 N.W. Norris.
The pallets were taken from the flatbed and moved to the warehouse by a Bobcat front-end loader. The items then would be sorted for later distribution. Both new and used items were donated.
Beyond the donations of the items, which included clothing, toys and household items, Wolf Construction also took up a collection that amounted to $2,732 for the mission. Shafstall said the response in only a few weeks confirmed to him that one of his favorite sayings was true.
"Anybody can make a difference," he said. "You've just got to make the effort."
After taking a tour of the mission and its facilities, Shafstall said he was hopeful Wolf Construction would be able to continue to assist with other projects benefiting Topeka's homeless shelter.
Kay Ireland, director of distribution services and volunteers for the mission, said the gifts received Wednesday came at a good time, with the holidays fast approaching.
"It's wonderful," Ireland said. "It's a big blessing."
Many of the new items received Wednesday would go to the mission's Christmas store, which in mid-December offers guests a chance to shop for free items for their family members.
Used items would be given to mission guests or sold at the mission's thrift store at 1312 N. Kansas Ave.
