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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

 






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