LIST OF RESOURCE CENTERS:
Some of the centers listed below are only open to public schools teachers, some only to artists, others are open to the entire community. In each case the effort is to offer unwanted materials collected from local businesses or donated by private individuals. Some are supported by public schools, private foundations or corporate giving, others by government agencies or memberships. Some are managed by salaried staff others solely by volunteers. The idea is not a new one. People have been collecting and reusing resources for ages. The underlying ethic is to serve the broader community by promoting creative reuse and environmental conservation which is common to all of the centers. Check the list below for a center near you or google reuse or reusable resource centers. (Provided as a public service)
ALABAMA
Mobile The Resource Place: http://www.grcma.org/resourceplace.html
ARIZONA
Tempe Treasures for Teachers: http://www.treasures4teachers.org/
CALIFORNIA
Eureka Odds & Ends:
http://www.reusehumboldt.wordpress.com/
Long Beach: Depot for Creative Reuse: http://www.thelongbeachdepot.org/
Los Angeles: reDiscover at Smart Space: http://www.rediscovercenter.org/
Los Angeles: Trash for Teaching, Inc.:
Oakland: East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse: http://www.creativereuse.org/
Palo Alto: The ReARt Store http://www.driftwoodsalvage.com/workshop_art/reart.html
Redwood City: RAFT—Main 2
http://www.raft.net/
Riverside: Riverside Arts and ReUse Exchange http://riversidearts.wix.com/reuseexchange
Roseville: ReCREATE:
http://www.recreate.org/
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Sacramento: RAFT
http://www.raftsac.org/
San Francisco: SCRAP
http://www.scrap-sf.org/
San Jose: RAFT—Main 1
http://www.raft.net/
Santa Barbara: Art from Scrap
http://www.artfromscrap.org/
Vacaville: Center for Imaginative Reuse
http://vnmade.com/?p=11742
CONNECTICUT
Bristol: Imagine That!
http://www.imaginenation.org/exhibits.html
Hartford: Scrap-it
http://www.facebook.com/scrapit123
COLORADO
Boulder: ArtParts Creative Reuse Center http://www.artpartsboulder.org/
Boulder: Center for Creative Reuse
http://www.creativereuse.net/
Colorado Springs: SCRAP UP
http://www.scrapup.org/
Denver: RAFT--Colorado
http://www.raftcolorado.org
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington, DC SCRAP-DC
http://scrapdc.org/
FLORIDA
Bradenton: Teacher's Wishing Well http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/departments/MEF/serving_teachers.html
Ft. Lauderdale: Kids in Need Resource Center http://www.browardedfoundation.net/bef_supplies.html
Ft. Lauderdale: Trash to Treasure
http://www.trash2treasurefl.org
Gainesville: Tools for Schools
http://www.alachuacounty.us/Depts/PW/Waste/toolsforschools/Pages/ToolsforSchools.aspx
Jacksonville: Teachers Supply Depot
http://www.duvalschools.org/static/aboutdcps/departments/consolidated_services/teacherdepot/Dates.asp
Kissimmee: A Gift for Teaching of Osceola County http://www.foundationoceola.org
Melbourne: Reusable Resources Adventure Center http://www.reusecenterbrevard.org
Miami: Rethink and Reuse Center http://www.rethinkandreusemiami.org/
North Miami: Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials
http://www.educationfund.org/programs/oceanbankcenterforeducationmaterials/
North Miami: Teacher's Universe http://www.crayons2computers.org/other-centers/
Orlando: A Gift for Teaching
http://www.agiftforteaching.org/
Port Charlotte: Teacher's Supply Depot http://www.charlotteschoolfoundation.org
West Palm Beach, Resource Depot http://theresourcedepot.wordpress.com/
Sanford: A Gift for Teaching—Seminole
https://www.foundationscps.org/our-programs/a-gift-for-teaching-seminole.cf
Tallahassee: The Sharing Tree
http://thesharingtreefl.org/
Vero Beach: Reuse Exchange Center http://www.kirb.org/reuseexchange.html
GEORGIA
Atlanta: WonderRoot Creative Reuse http://wrcratl.wordpress.com/
Carrollton: The Scrap Bin
http://www.scrapbin.org/
IDAHO
Boise: The ReUse Market
http://www.reusemarket.org/
IOWA
LeClaire: Reusable Usables Creative Arts Center http://reusableusables.org/
ILLINOIS
Champaign: The I.D.E.A. Store
http://the-idea-store.org/
Chicago: Creative Reuse Warehouse http://www.resourcecenterchicago.org/crw.html
INDIANA
Bloomington: Materials for the Arts Program
http://www.mcswmd.org/recycling.reuseoptions.html
Franklin: Creative ReSources http://recyclejohnsoncounty.com/creative-re-sources
Hammond: Recycling’s Art & Crafts ReUz Station
http://www.gohammond.com/web/255.0.0.1.0.0.phtml
Indianapolis: Teacher's Treasures
http://teacherstreasures.org/
KANSAS
Kansas City: Recycled Materials Center
http://www.wonderscope.org/exhibits_and_places/rmc.aspx
LOUISIANA
New Orleans: Recycle for the Arts
http://thegreenproject.typepad.com/thegreenproject/recycle_for_the_arts/
MASSACHUSETTS
Lynn: Extras for Creative Learning (EXCL)
http://www.extrasforcreativereuse.org
Hampshire County: Knack: The Art of Creative Reuse http://www.knack.org/vision
MAINE
Auburn: SHAREcenter
http://oldsite.auburnschl.edu/sharecenter
Farmington: Everyone's Resource Depot http://resourcedepot.umf.maine.edu/
Scarborough: Ruth's Reusable Resources
http://www.ruths.org/
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor: The Scrap Box
http://www.scrapbox.org/
Detroit: Arts & Scraps
http://www.artsandscraps.org/
Grand Rapids: Learning from Scratch http://learningfromscratch.org
Lansing: Creation Station
http://cawlm.com/article/nonprofit-profile-the-creation-station/
Traverse City: SCRAP—Traverse City http://scrappdx.org/about/scrap-tc/
MINNESOTA
Mankato: Creativity Studio http://www.cmsouthernmn.org/exhibits.php?id=7
St. Paul: Artscrap Resource Center
http://www.artstart.org/artscraps-reuse-store/
MISSOURI
Bridgeton: Kidsmart
http://www.kidsmartstl.org/
: Leftovers, Etc.
http://leftoversetc.com/about/
St. Louis: Upcycle Exchange Materials Market http://www.upxchange.com/
St. Louis: St. Louis Teachers’ Recycle Center, Inc. http://stlouisteachersrecycle.homestead.com/
NEW JERSEY
Westmont: Creative Reuse Center http://www.gardenstatecreativereusecenter.com./
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville: Trash, Inc.
http://trashincasheville.com/
Cary: Cary Creative Center
http://www.carycreativecenter.org/
Durham: The Scrap Exchange
http://www.scrapexchange.org/
Hickory: Resource Warehouse & Gallery http://www.resourcewarehouse.org/
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque: Wemagination
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/Oct17weimagination.htm
NEW YORK
New Windsor: New Paltz Reuse Center
https://www.facebook.com/HVMaterialsExchange
New York: SHHHH Salvage Projects
http://www.shhhh-projects.com/
Queens: Long Island Materials for the Arts
http://www.mfta.org/
Rochester, Lakeville, and Newark: Recycle Shop http://childcarecouncil.com/community-resources/recycle-shop/
Troy: The Crooked Canvas: http://the crookedcanvas.org/
Utica: Full Circle
http://fullcirclecenter.wordpress.com/
OHIO
Cincinnati: Crayons to Computers http://www.crayons2computers.org/
Columbus: Waste Not Center
http://www.cosa-oh.org/wnc_welcome.php
Toledo: Scrap4Art
http://www.scrap4arttoledo.org/
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City: Save it for Art http//www.saveitforart.org/&r=http%3A/
OREGON
Eugene: MECCA
http://www.materials-exchange.org/
Portland: SCRAP
http://scrappdx.org/
PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster: Lancaster Creative Reuse http://www.lancastercreativereuse.org/
Philadelphia: The Resource Exchange http://theresourceexchange.org/
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse
http://pccr.org/
RHODE ISLAND
Providence: Resources for RI Education
http://rrie.org/
TEXAS
Austin: Austin Creative Reuse
http://austincreativereuse.org/
Denton: SCRAP Denton
https://www.facebook.com/scrapdenton
Houston: Texas Art Asylum
http://www.texasartasylum.com/
TENNESSEE
Nashville: Turnip Green Creative Reuse http://turnipgreencreativereuse.org/
VIRGINIA
Richmond: Stuff, Inc.
http://www.richmondstuff.org/
Alexandria UpCycle Creative Reuse Center http://upcyclecrc.wordpress.com/
WASHINGTON
Lynnwood: Creation Station
http://www.creationstationinc.com/
WISCONSIN
Sheboygan Waste Knot Sheboygan
INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE REUSE CENTERS
AUSTRALIA
Marrickville: Reverse Garbage Co-Op http://reversegarbage.org.au/
West Perth: Remida Creative Reuse Center http://www.remidawa.com/
BELGIUM
Brussels: RECircle
http://www.re-circle.org/
CANADA
Vancouver: Urban Source
http://www.urbansource.bc.ca/
Winnipeg ArtsJunktion
http://artsjunktion.mb.ca/
GERMANY
Berlin: Kunst-Stoffe
http://www.kunst-stoffe-berlin.de/
Hamburg: ReMida
http://www.remida.de/
ITALY
Reggio: Remida
http://zerosei.comune.re.it/inter/remida.htm
NEW ZEALAND
Masterson: Wairarapa Resource Center http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wairarapa-Resource Centre/326560697392510
UNITED KINGDOM
Bristol: Children's Scrapstore and Artrageous http://www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk/
Leeds Scrap Creative Reuse
http://www.scrapstuff.co.uk/
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Exeter Exeter Scrapstore http://www.exeter.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=609
Rotherham Shrodoba Scrapstore
http://www.sheffield scrapstore.co.uk
Swindon Swindon Childrens Scrapstore http://www.scrapstore.co.uk/
OTHER RESOURCES TO SHARE
There are articles and other resources related to reuse center and creative play with open-ended materials available for download on the Institute for Self Active Education(ISAE) website at: www.ISAEplay.org
Nell, M. (2011). Play, Policy, & Practice CONNECTIONS, Published by the Play, Policy, & Practice Interest Forum of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Volume XIII, Issue 1.
Nell, M. and Drew, W. (2009). [HB1] Playing: The Possibilities for All Ages, in International Play Association USA Quarterly.
Nell, M. and Drew, W. (2011). Transforming professional practice through self active play, Child Care Exchange
Nell, M.L., Drew, W.F. ( 2010) Hands, Heart & Mind, NAEYC Play Symposiums: A Collaborative Report of Outcomes submitted to NAEYC
