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Background: Building upon our mission to "enrich lives and strengthen our community through the power of the arts," we are developing a recycling center to gather unwanted materials from local businesses. Our schools are constantly facing increasing costs and decreasing budgets. Teachers often have to buy their own supplies in order to provide fun and creative art projects for their students. At the same time, landfills are filling up and businesses throw away tons of materials.
The Recycling Center will solve this problem by linking teachers with recycled materials. Businesses will have a chance to assist local art programs and reduce some of their landfill waste. Recycling greatly benefits our environment as our increasing population strains its resources. Tools for Schools will open in August 2005 for "Arts" teachers in Collier County public schools to acquiCere materials for creative art projects.
Goal: Connecting "Arts" teachers with recycled materials donated by local businesses for imaginative student creations
Objectives: a) To identify local businesses and organizations with unneeded materials and by-products that can be reused by teachers. b) Collect materials from businesses and store them. c) Provide "Arts" teachers with a cache of supplies for fun and creative projects.
For more information or to schedule a pickup, please contact Andy Browne at (239) 263-8242 or abrowne@uaccollier.com.
The Tools 4 Schools Recycling Center is supported, in part, by grants from The Martin Foundation and the Scripps-Howard Foundation.