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Creative Reuse
Warehouse
This innovative program locates
and collects overruns, rejects and by-products that business
and industry treat as "waste" and redistributes the materials
as valuable educational and artistic resources appropriate
for reuse. Donors have an opportunity to dispose of materials
free of charge, clear valuable storage space, receive tax
deductions and support cultural and educational programs. The donation
of tangible property is one no-cost method for companies to support
nonprofit organizations in their communities. The building that housed our retail
store gave way to UIC's expansion along Halstead, and after several
rounds of inventory reducing sell-offs, the Resource Center was forced
to move the CRW's remaining collection to its own headquarters on
135th. The location is limited in capacity to hold, and especially
to display merchandise. It is also far from the ideal location
for a store that is intended to serve all of the teachers i the Chicago
area. The Resource Center is committed to maintaining the
personnal and infrastructure of the CRW, and we are currently searching
for a new, cost-effective location for the retail store that will aloow
us to serve a broad base of shoppers. Who are the recipients? Chicago
schools and teachers, local cultural centers, social service
organizations, summer programs, performance companies, museums,
community organizations as well as individual artists.
Recipients have used materials to teach classes, present art
work, and to make possible exhibitions and productions. The
materials go a long way toward making up for teaching and art resources
that many urban schools and organizations cannot afford to purchase. The long-term possibilities of a
project like the CRW are incredible. We look forward to tapping
the enormous potential of data-management systems to match potential
material donors with recipients. We plan to develop an integrated
database of the CRW's inventory that teachers and artists could inspect
online. We also envision a Craftmobile program that would deliver
pre-ordered materials directly to schools. ![]() |
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