{"id":7248720625753,"title":"Angel of the Garbage Dump: How Hanley Denning Changed the World, One Child at a Time","handle":"angel-of-the-garbage-dump-how-hanley-denning-changed-the-world-one-child-at-a-time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jacob Wheeler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaine-native Hanley Denning \u003cstrong\u003e[Bowdoin Class of 1992]\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Angel of the Garbage Dump, saw poverty and desperation in its ugliest form, and refused to turn a blind eye. In the Guatemala City garbage dump she launched an educational reinforcement nonprofit called Safe Passage, or “Camino Seguro,” and helped pull thousands of children out of the teeming filth of one of the largest urban landfills in the Americas. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany idealistic Americans and Europeans travel to places like Guatemala to learn the local language, engage in humanitarian work, and seek adventure. Most of us return to our comfortable lives. But Denning, a collegiate track star and trained social worker with degrees from Bowdoin and Wheelock College, saw garbage pickers competing with vultures for the food dumped by trucks. She saw toddlers playing amidst rats. The experience changed her. It prompted her to, as Mother Teresa said, “find her own Calcutta.” Hanley called her family in New England and asked them to sell everything she owned and wire the money to Guatemala City. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-03-01T12:25:42-05:00","created_at":"2023-03-01T12:25:42-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1795,"compare_at_price_min":1795,"compare_at_price_max":1795,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40424601190489,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA421-Denning","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Angel of the Garbage Dump: How Hanley Denning Changed the World, One Child at a Time","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1795,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781958363164","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba421-wheeler-angel.jpg?v=1677691544"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba421-wheeler-angel.jpg?v=1677691544","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of Angel of the Garbage Dump by Jacob Wheeler","id":23807969099865,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1500,"width":1500,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba421-wheeler-angel.jpg?v=1677691544"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1500,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba421-wheeler-angel.jpg?v=1677691544","width":1500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jacob Wheeler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaine-native Hanley Denning \u003cstrong\u003e[Bowdoin Class of 1992]\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Angel of the Garbage Dump, saw poverty and desperation in its ugliest form, and refused to turn a blind eye. In the Guatemala City garbage dump she launched an educational reinforcement nonprofit called Safe Passage, or “Camino Seguro,” and helped pull thousands of children out of the teeming filth of one of the largest urban landfills in the Americas. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany idealistic Americans and Europeans travel to places like Guatemala to learn the local language, engage in humanitarian work, and seek adventure. Most of us return to our comfortable lives. But Denning, a collegiate track star and trained social worker with degrees from Bowdoin and Wheelock College, saw garbage pickers competing with vultures for the food dumped by trucks. She saw toddlers playing amidst rats. The experience changed her. It prompted her to, as Mother Teresa said, “find her own Calcutta.” Hanley called her family in New England and asked them to sell everything she owned and wire the money to Guatemala City. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}