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- Nonprofit organizations are indicated by (NP)
(NP) EXTRAs!
for Education—Adopt a School Program (http://www.extrasforeducation.org/)
Since 1998, this program has provided over one million dollars in educational
resources to over 200 schools and nonprofit organizations. For information on
schools or nonprofit organizations wishing to receive resources or to schedule
an affordable pickup and delivery of your reusable items, please contact (303)
823-9460. Please note you must be within the geographical boundaries of the St.
Vrain Valley and Boulder Valley school districts in the State of Colorado.
P.O. Box 4385
Boulder, Colorado 80306
Phone: (303) 823-9460
Fax: (303) 823-8439
(NP) I Love Schools,
Inc. (www.iloveschools.com)
A free materials exchange program for education. School teachers request
materials and supplies while potential donors search for a teacher in need of
their used goods. A sampling of acceptable items for exchange are: art supplies,
books, carpeting, pens, pencils, science equipment, scissors, etc.
4306 Cass Street
San Diego, California 92109
(NP) L.A. SHARES (http://www.lashares.org/)
Materials reuse program that accepts donated
materials from the local business community. See Profiles for more
information.
E-mail: admin@lashares.org
(NP) reDiscover
(www.rediscovercenter.org)
Promotes creative problem-solving and
environmental awareness in preschool and elementary education through
recycling cast-off materials into children's learning tools. This community
resource center offers shopping days at its facility, field trips for
elementary school children, and teacher training workshops.
12958 Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90066
Phone: (310) 393-3636
(NP) Resource Area for Teachers
(RAFT) (www.raft.net)
Collects surplus business items from
computers to packing materials and trains teachers to use these materials in the
classroom to enhance their programs including math, science, art, and
technology. See Profiles for more
information.
1355 Ridder Park
Drive
San Jose, California 95131
Phone: (408) 451-1420
Fax: (408) 451-1428
E-mail: raft@raft.net
(NP) School
on Wheels, Inc. (www.schoolonwheels.org/)
Accepts donations of school supplies including backpacks, three-hole
loose leaf paper, pencils, pens, children's and teen's books, printer paper,
etc.
28128 Pacific Coast Highway #192
Post Office Box 2283
Malibu, California 90265
Phone: (310) 589-2642 or (800) 923-1100
Fax: (310) 589-0606
E-mail: Administration@SchoolonWheels.org
Trash for Teaching (www.trashforteaching.org/index.html)
Collects, stores, and sorts enormous amounts of clean, cast-off materials
from manufacturing processes. Works with school districts to develop
guidelines utilizing these materials in conjunction with current
standards-based curricula, and delivers the materials and guidelines
directly to schools for teachers to introduce in classroom projects.
1435 West 139th Street
Gardena, California 90249
Phone: (310) 324-0220
E-mail:
info@trashforteaching.org
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