NFL stage materials to be recycled to build spay and neuter clinic on Detroit's east side

Detroit — Detroit's NFL Draft extravaganza may be over, but the materials that made it happen will still be put to good use.

Turf, fencing, set pieces and other materials used for the draft are doing donated to local nonprofits, including Detroit Dog Rescue, a Detroit dog rescue.

The stage materials are being donated to help build the group's free and low-cost spay and neuter clinic and to build out our shelter’s backyard and decompression areas on Detroit's east side.

"That’s right, the same materials you see on TV will be coming to help the dogs," said Kristina Millman-Rinaldi, the group's executive director, in a Facebook post. "This means no waste in Detroit, a whole lot of recycling, and everything you see will be put to good to use. Detroit Dog Rescue was chosen along with a few other non-profits for our outstanding work in the City of Detroit."

The best part, she says, "Once the materials are recovered, we are able to sort them and help other nonprofits in Detroit who may benefit from the recovered material."

Christopher Moyer, spokesman for Visit Detroit, a tourism group that helped host the NFL Draft last week, said they don't have an entire list of the nonprofits that will benefit but there was an extensive "sustainability plan."

"The great thing about working with the NFL is that they don't let good things go to waste. There was a comprehensive sustainability plan for local nonprofits to benefit from," Moyer said.

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