Art of Recycle is one of the best non-profit resources that Lancaster County has and I hope we never take them for granted. Pre-pandemic they were an awesome place to take the kids to do craft projects and to shop for inexpensive crafting supplies. Unfortunately the pandemic hit and they had to close the store to the public - but they didn't stop providing valuable resources to the community. They’ve been helping teachers get free teaching books and supplies for their classrooms. They spent the summer expanding and remodeling for the day they can fully reopen to the public. But one of the best resources that they’ve provided is free books for children. Our public library has been closed for months due to the pandemic. Art of Recycle is one of very few, if any, places to get free books for children to read and for supplemental academic support for families doing online school. They truly have a heart for our community and we are very blessed to have them. Thank you Chelas, Mr Special, and all your wonderful staff for adding a little joy to all of our lives.
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Art of Recycle is one of the best non-profit resources that Lancaster County has and I hope we never take them for granted. Pre-pandemic they were an awesome place to take the kids to do craft projects and to shop for inexpensive crafting supplies. Unfortunately the
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Environment, Human Services, Neighborhood Centers, Recycling, Social Science
Mission: To develop, heal and grow community through experiential learning and interactive instruction for the advancement of diverse learners. We aim to promote access and equality by assisting all people to be inspired and empowered by using discarded, unwanted, and excess items as learning tools; creating generations to come to be more environmentally and socially conscious. Our philosophy is that art and music is the foundation to teaching math, science, reading, writing and sociology. Creativity belongs in the same category as preventive healthcare, diet and exercise, and people who are robbed of the ability to create art because of economic hardship live a life of the poorest quality.
Results: Do not let our name fool you, we don’t just recycle, we aim to change the economic disadvantages of schools and programs in red-lined districts. Art of Recycle collects new and gently used resources and redistributes those resources to classrooms, public and private schools, home school co-ops, non-profit organizations, youth groups, after-school programs, senior homes and to programs that assist with providing access to educational and recreational activities for individuals with special needs. We assist programs with limited funding to receive the resources they need to keep their programs running. Each year we provide over $500,000 in resources to classrooms with students in need across the tri-state area and beyond. A huge thank you to the people who donated to Art of Recycle during the Extra Give in November of 2023. $1926 adds up to 55 free memberships to our teacher resource center for non-profits and teachers and it will impact all of the children and the adults that they will be assisting, for the entire year of 2024. That adds up to one month’s worth of rent for that program’s building. Just the building that contains the free resources, not the big Art center or the store. What will $1926 do? It will create this fantastic web of impact throughout our communities. That money doesn’t cover the payroll for the staff that maintain the teacher resource center, it won’t cover the rest of the year’s rent, it isn’t enough to cover the cost of any of the overhead associated with that program, but that small amount changes the lives of many. Organizations, big and small; school teachers from public and private schools; local events, senior home activity directors, youth groups, libraries, and other programs that need resources in order to make their programs better, more efficient, more impactful will receive those free memberships that will give them access to free educational resources for an entire year. Those memberships will impact every person that those organizations are assisting, and $1926 will improve the lives of up to 30,000 people or more. Every year, Art of Recycle’s programs impacts the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and that is why we work so hard to keep this program running. Thank you so much for your support! It will make an amazing difference in our communities and we will keep this program running and improving it everyday. It is our passion. How much will you give to help grow the impact of our programs?
Target demographics: Get teaching supplies into the hands of educators and non-profits
Direct beneficiaries per year: 25,000 students, hundreds of homeschool co-ops, hundreds of schools and organizations
Geographic areas served: Lancaster County, Berks County, Adams County, York County, Delaware County and areas up to 4 hours away from Ephrata and Hanover PA
Programs: Art programs, life skills, job skills, social skills, employment for disadvantaged youth and adults, free educational resources for teachers and nonprofits.