Success Stories

Tonia Torrellas

It’s My Bag

Tonia is a professional nurse with a passion for green product design. She is the founder & CEO of a recyclable garment bag company called It’s My Bag. Her business concept is environmentally sound, but she was finding stiff resistance from dry cleaners who use throw away plastic bags. Tonia attended caregivers and women seeking a unique holiday season gift. Through her coaching, she also redesigned her website and marketing slogan. The USHCC also included her garment bag as a gift to all GBB participants around the country.

The positive result was 1,500 garment bags sold during the 2011 Holiday Season! To learn more about It’s My Bag or to place an order, please visit https://itsmyb.com/Home.php

Jeronime & Irene Hernandez

JJH Auto Body & Paint

JJH Auto Body & Paint was started by Johnny and Irene’s father in Salt Lake City, UT. Their father had by their father’s own conservation efforts. The first idea was to reduce operating costs by going green. The other was to attract new customers by marketing themselves as a green auto body shop. Their innovative plans earned them one-on-one coaching with GBB trainer Bill Roth..

JJH immediately implemented coaching suggestions to install low flow faucet aerators and higher Water based painting systems now adopted by GM and other auto manufacturers. JJH is in the process of implementing this technology based upon its lower operating costs, superior painting results and environmental benefits. http://www.jjhautobodypaint.com/

Julieta Hernandez

Matrix Spa & Massage

Julieta is a true Latina success story and a role model in her Salt Lake City community. A local spa owner, certification by the City of Salt’s e2 Program, which included the listing of her business as the first green health spa in in Salt Lake. Julieta said about the e2 Certification, “This is a great honor for Matrix Spa and for our leadership in supporting Salt Lake City’s efforts to be a cleaner and more sustainable community. As a business, we are committed to the health of our clients, but we are also committed to the overall
well-being of our local community.”

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