Utah group tackles service work
<p>Todd Glover, right, and his wife Melissa seek out trash on the grounds near Lake City High School Thursday as part of a Savage Services community project. Some 600 are in the area for the Salt Lake City company's annual leadership conference.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - A "supply chain solutions company" carried out three service projects in the Coeur d'Alene area on Thursday.
Savage Services Corp., a private company based in Salt Lake City, brought nearly 600 managers, leaders and guests to The Coeur d'Alene Resort for a three-day conference that began Wednesday and wraps up today.
While here, they carried out three service projects.
Some stayed at The Resort and made literacy kits for underprivileged children. Others headed to Coeur d'Alene and Lake City high schools and cleaned up the grounds.
Nearly 400 went to Farragut State Park and cleared logs, brush and debris from forest areas.
Mike Smith, business manager of rail operations, said Savage Services has 2,500 employees and 150 operations countrywide.
Its focus is on "providing supply chain solutions in the areas of transportation systems, materials handling, rail solutions, facilities management and related logistics services."