EVERY YEAR Businesses generate 300,000 tons of waste 90% is USABLE

EVERY YEAR Businesses generate 300,000 tons of waste 90% is USABLE

And did you know: 99.5% of teachers spend out of their own pocket for supplies for their classrooms and students Personal expenditures by TEACHERS account for half of the $3.2 billion spent for classroom supplies & materials Unfunded mandates straining school budgets

GROWING NUMBERS OF CHILDREN ARE ON FREE & REDUCED LUNCH IF THEY CAN T AFFORD LUNCH, THEY CAN T AFFORD: A PENCIL.. A CRAYON.. A BOOK.. PAPER.. Now there is a solution

THE GREEN SOLUTION COMPANIES TO CLASSROOMS A store for teachers Not cost effective to find a secondary user UNTIL NOW! One call and you can RECYCLE SURPLUS AND HELP SCHOOLS in your community

Even Oprah thought it was a good idea! Founder Cary Weatherby featured in Oprah Magazine as having An Idea That Could Change The World!

COMPANIES TO CLASSROOMS transforms corporate waste into:

A hands-on Math exercise

A lesson for an ESL student

Self-esteem and confidence when having the right school supplies in Science Class

I love Companies to Classrooms--I use it every year, for those things we really need but have to purchase on our own because our school can t provide them. They are a big help. Our entire team office is furnished with chairs and other furniture from C2C ~ Tim 7 th Grade Teacher Oak Grove Middle School

Letters from Teachers: Students achieving higher scores on spelling tests to receive a light-up pen Front-office staff shocked by only spending $2.36 on supplies for 1 year Elastic bands create a Phy Ed lesson that not only provides students with a Chinese jump rope that they can take home but incorporates lessons in culture, math and learning across several grade levels

Since March 2006 $4,000,000

SUCCESSES $4,000,000 worth of supplies & equipment recycled into local schools including: 22,073 calculators 168,287 3-ring binders 225,234 pencils 58,775 books 155,414 pens

PLUS backpacks, calendars, paper, stickers, art supplies, frames, markers, pens, rulers, flashcards, white boards, paper clips, staplers, pencil sharpners, masking tape, file folders, index tabs, sports equipment, t-shirts, boxes, tables, 2-pocket folders, erasers, tape recorders, portfolios, overhead projectors, envelopes, file cabinets, notepads, note cards, lamps, spiral notebooks, cameras, microscopes, egg cartons, cushions, transparencies, colored pencils, games, post-it notes, scissors, fans, filler paper, tape dispensers, binding machines, easels, wrapping paper, white-out, rubber bands, banks, keychains, nametags, kleenex, lanyards, magazines, play money, hand sanitizer, posters, poster board, binder clips, stamps, ink pads, glitter, hats, costumes, maps, room decorations, mailing labels, popsicle sticks, glue sticks, page protectors, hanging file folders, baskets, CDs, step stools, business card holders, pocket charts, bookshelves, chalk, pencil cups, tracing paper, ribbon...

OTHER SOURCES OF SUPPLIES Retired teachers wanting to reuse lessons collected over years of teaching Local citizens realizing the value of recycling/reuse and making sure all children can learn New Supply Drives by business partners End of school Recycling

From an article in the Baltimore Sun in 2015 person observes in a dumpster behind a school Over 50 like-new books Over twenty CD s: Disney, and National Geographic, etc. Storage bins and crates Educational materials Dozens of pens, pencils, crayons, and markers (several in their original boxes) Reams of paper (many unopened) Notebooks and folders Over twenty educational board games (with all of the pieces) Musical instruments (a guitar in a new case) Flash cards A working laminator ($315 retail)

Crayola Experience MOA

Need to plan ahead and make sure all personnel are informed on procedures Label sorting bins Set a schedule for pick-up

THE FACTS Corporate waste of 300,000 tons annually 90% usable Teachers spend $750 or more yearly out of their own pocket for student & classrooms supplies Unfunded mandates straining school budgets Increasing numbers of students on free-and-reduced lunch Bloomington, over 30% and Richfield, nearly 50% of all public school students

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How do we pay store operating expenses if we don t sell anything? SPONSORS & GRANTS Education Foundation of Bloomington Richfield Bloomington Credit Union The Donaldson Foundation Xcel Energy Towers Watson Worldwide Thomson Reuters American Legion Post 550 AmVets Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Josten s Richfield Education Foundation Grainger Toro Company Richard M Schulz Family Foundation Otto Bremer Foundation

WIN-WIN for our Community Free & reduced lunch students are equipped with school supplies at no cost to the teacher or the school Additional supplies are available to our schools without increasing taxes or education funding Local businesses have an easy way to turn their waste into supplies for students and receive tax benefits Schools receive valuable community support from local businesses More items are being recycled and kept out of our landfills

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