Kansas Children’s Museum Sells Recycled Items
Wonderscope Children’s Museum of Kansas City recently opened a store selling recycled craft items to individuals and organizations.
The Repurpose, iMagine, Create (RMC) store sells nearly all items for less than $1, making it a hot spot for teachers, daycare providers, youth group leaders and parents. The shelves are stocked with ribbon, stickers, paper, fabric, egg cartons and everything in between.
The merchandise is donated by local businesses and residents. All proceeds from store sales help finance exhibits and programs at the museum.
“It saves buyers’ money by offering alternatives to purchasing new, more expensive products, and it offers a creative resource for educators or parents who are looking for unique items for projects,” said Anne Wilson, RMC manager. “We hope the RMC becomes a place where people find and share other ‘green’ information so the entire community can continue benefiting from it.”
Want to donate?
Donations are accepted throughout the day. Accepted items include:
- Household recyclables: (washed and dried when possible) egg cartons, paper towel tubes, toilet paper tubes, coffee cans, water bottles and baby food jars with lids
- Unique items: buttons, wine bottle corks, plastic covered wire and spirals, fabric, decorative tin cans, spools and film canisters
- Paper products: unused paper, calendars, fronts of cards, cardboard tubes, post-it notes and index cards
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Ratko Maltar
posted on March 15th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
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Can you help in any way? Interested to help around to make thing become reality available to other one day? Know of any entities willing to come closer to apply products/teaching behind? Of any interest to you as story to spread?
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Ratko Maltar
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