"I’ll make sure it’s took care of proper. “Anybody in Emery County that knows me, if you don’t know what to do with it, get it to me," he said. The veteran wants people to know that there’s a right way to say goodbye to an American flag a member of the local American Legion post, the group has annual flag burning ceremonies that people can attend, said Gardner. I have a problem with that, so I just take it out take care of it.” He’s saved at least a dozen flags from the landfill in his 11 years on the job.
Gardner had no idea he was caught on camera. "That didn’t surprise me that he did it, because he is a veteran, but I think when you’re from a small town, you kind of have a love for your country and for the flag.” “I just thought, that is Don, that is who Don is," said Whitney Phelps. Those who’ve known the man nicknamed “Munch” in high school for his small size, weren’t shocked to see the video. "I wanted them to see and to give him the respect that he gave to our flag.” “I wanted our community to really see what he did, and to see the care and love that he gave our flag," she said. What am I doing?”Ĭowley shared the video on Facebook, admitting to accidentally throwing away the flag during a clean-up after celebrating Easter at home, and admiring her garbage man’s actions. "And then immediately, I was so embarrassed, like, oh my gosh, I was petrified, because I’m married to a veteran. “He pulls up, he gets out of his truck, and I’m thinking, 'What is he doing?,'" she said. Last week, Brooke Cowley, a Huntington resident on Gardner's garbage route, spied the United States Marine Corps veteran taking an American flag out of her trash can and folding it. A lot of blood's been shed so that we have the freedoms that we have today." Early mornings, crowded alleys, and the ever present surprises found in the waste bins are part of the. “A lot of people died protecting that flag and fighting under that flag. Sammy Dattulo has been doing this for a long time. “I took an oath once to defend this country and our flag, and I still do," said Gardner. Gardner doesn't have the need, or the time, to get out of his truck to pick up the garbage cans, but on the rare occasion, he will, if he spots a familiar piece of red-white-and-blue fabric peeking out under the lid.
Something needs to be done, they come to me, I take care of it.” Just me enjoying my job doing what I do every day is having that type of impact on people? are you kidding me?” he said.HUNTINGTON, Utah - Don "Munch" Gardner spends anywhere from eight to twelve hours a day in his truck every day, picking up garbage cans from hundreds of homes all over Emery and Carbon counties. “They said they seen me one day and it brought them out of a funk that they was having suicidal thoughts that day. Gainers said his dancing has even saved lives. “She came up to me at the Piggly Wiggly and she told me that. There’s no way I can quit my job’ and she seen me,” Gainer said. She was on the phone fixing to call her boss and quit and then she seen me dancing and thought ‘no way, there’s no way I can quit my job if that guy can have that type of attitude doing that job. “A young woman who was working at Indian Pass Raw Bar saw me dancing, she was gonna quit. One woman told him it was his dancing and attitude that stopped her from quitting her job. The 37-year-old started dancing in 2016, he refers to himself as the “Turnt-up Trashman of Gulf County.”
(WMBB) - A Florida man has spent the last few years trying to spread joy to others and he’s chosen a unique way to do it, by dancing on the side of the road.īCC Waste Solutions Refuse Collector Reko Gainers is trying to spread his message of positivity.
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