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DONATE MATERIALS

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Teachers, students, artists, and creative types know how to take used and forgotten items and put them to good use! Check out our list of materials we accept that are clean, safe, and still usable. We may look through the items and let you know if there is anything we are not able to accept. Items can be loose or mismatched! Partial packages and partially used items are all a part of what we are working to save from the landfill and get out into the community to be used. 

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During shop hours we can accept one bag or box at a time so we can keep up with donations. If you have more, please call ahead or make an appointment. 

 

Top of our need list items are highlighted in green below. 

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Reach us at 847.250.7185 or info@greener-good.org

Crafts Supplies

ART SUPPLIES

  • Blenders and erasers

  • Calligraphy

  • Canvases (blank)

  • Chalk

  • Clay and related tools

  • Drawing and art utensils

  • Drawing compass

  • Easels

  • Linocut materials

  • Mosaic materials (glass, ceramic)

  • Paint, paintbrushes, related tools

  • Pastels

  • Sketchbooks and paper

  • Stretch canvas (higher quality is in demand)

  • Watercolors and paper

Image by Jas Min

BITS & BOBS

  • Bread tags

  • Button pins

  • Colorful, random objects

  • Dice

  • Film canisters (35mm)

  • Game pieces

  • Keys

  • Magnets

  • Old tennis balls for good lil' doggies

  • Paper grocery bags

  • Printer cartridges (empty)

  • Spools

School Supply

CLASSROOM and OFFICE SUPPLIES

  • Adult coloring books

  • Binder rings and binder clips

  • Big books (preK, tall books)

  • Books (4-8 grade level)

  • Book Bins

  • ​Calculators (from the last 10 years in working condition)

  • Cardstock

  • Classroom items teachers and students use

  • Colored pencils

  • Glue (school, craft, sticks, super)

  • Erasers

  • Fidgets

  • Legos

  • Highlighters

  • Magnifying glasses

  • Markers (including "Sharpies" and dry erase)

  • Math games

  • Notebooks (spiral, bound, graph, lined, unlined)

  • Padded mailers (in reusable condition)

  • Paper clips

  • Pencils

  • Petri dishes

  • Pocket folders

  • Preschool learning items

  • Puzzles (50-1000 pieces)

  • Reinforcement circles

  • Rewards

  • Rulers and protractors

  • Science kits

  • Spanish teaching materials, especially books

  • Staples, staplers, staple removers

  • Tape ("Scotch", packing, washi, fun duct tape patterns)

  • Tape dispensers with heavy bottom

  • Wood puzzleboards

  • Writing utensils (pens, pencils)

Crafts Supplies

CRAFT SUPPLIES

  • Beads

  • Beeswax

  • Collage ephemera and materials

  • Clay (air dry and polymer)

  • Cotton balls (in a bag)

  • Dot markers

  • Fabric and textiles (1/4 yard or larger)

  • Felt sheets with and without sticky backing

  • Felting materials and tools

  • Glue (hot glue sticks, mod podge, tacky glue, e6000)

  • Googly eyes

  • Leather and vinyl scraps (5"x9" or larger)

  • Perler beads, patterns, trays

  • Pipe cleaners

  • Playdough

  • Pom poms

  • Pony beads

  • Popsicle sticks (unused)

  • Tempera crayons

  • Velcro

  • Wire

  • Craft supplies not on our Pause list (below)

Image by Darling Arias

FABRIC, NEEDLE ARTS, SEWING

  • Blocking boards

  • Buttons

  • Crochet hooks

  • Embroidery hoops, thread, kits

  • Embroidery fabric

  • Fabric - quilting, cotton, (clean, 4"x6" or larger) 

  • Leather and vinyl scraps (clean, 4"x6" or larger)

  • Macrame cord

  • Sewing needles of all sizes

  • Stitch counters and savers

  • String

  • Thread

  • Yarn

  • Zippers

Image by Marc Newberry

SCRAPBOOKING & COLLAGE

  • Bone folder

  • Cricut machines (working) and related materials

  • Dye cut stamps and machines

  • Embellishments (pause on accepting)

  • Maps

  • Postcards

  • Punches

  • Scrapbook paper (pause on accepting)

Image by Tuyen Vo

TOOLS

  • Cutting mats

  • Measuring tape

  • Leather punch

  • Paper cutter

  • Portfolio books

  • Sewing machines (beginner types in working condition)

Image by Tuyen Vo

PAUSE ON ACCEPTING
There are certain items we can't accept as we already have a lot

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  • Bulletin borders

  • Calendars (whole or pictures only)

  • Corks

  • Craft foam

  • Crayons

  • Drying racks​

  • Greeting cards (unused or fronts only)

  • Looms

  • Mason jars

  • Paper (scrapbook, tissue, construction)

  • Recyclables (paper tubes, containers, egg cartons)

  • Ribbon

  • Sandpaper

  • Scrapbooking embellishments

  • Stamps (cardmaking-type)

  • Tennis ball containers, preferably with lids

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