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Direct beneficiaries per year: Over 70,000 students and over 8,000 teachers/staff can benefit from what 3R's has to offer.
Geographic areas served: The State of Maine
Mission:
Our mission is to ensure that students and classrooms in Maine have the basic tools for learning, by transferring surplus business supplies and merchandise into the hands of school children and teachers.
Results:
Each day, throughout the school year, children in Maine attend school without the needed pencils, paper, and other basic supplies. At the same time, businesses in Maine dispose of these same basic items. 3R's transfers those unwanted supplies to children and their teachers. It is working. Since 1994, 3R's has given away more than $37 million worth of surplus furniture, paper, books, office supplies and computers to Maine schools and non-profits.
Over 1 million pounds of reusable materials have been saved from Maine landfills and transferred to schools.
3R's was named 2003 EcoMaine recycler of the year.
Over 1 million pounds of reusable materials have been saved from Maine landfills and transferred to schools.
3R's was named 2003 EcoMaine recycler of the year.
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jdltwiga
03/29/12
I have been a reading teacher in southern Maine for the past several years. I have saved myself and my school hundreds of dollars by going to Ruth's for everything from paper to rubber bands to reading books. I run a summer library for children who receive reading support, and have obtained many of ...
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K1teacher
11/05/11
I am a classroom teacher and just made my second visit to Ruth's. I feel so incredibly blessed to be able to get so many wonderful supplies to use in my room. The children used the brand new pencils, glue, page protectors and notebooks the day I brought them back. We read several of the books I ...
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jwill678
11/02/11
Ruth's has been invaluable in helping me provide an effective education for my students. Our school has been able to get used textbooks when we have not had enough and could not afford purchase more. I have gone to Ruth's numerous times to find materials to use for projects in my classes and ...
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