“…, huge amounts of materials are reused and prevented from heading directly to our nation’s landfills…”
“…’I use the merchandise for gifts, awards, prizes, tools. Over the years, we have received pens, papers, office supplies, scrapbook supplies, hats, push brooms, flashlights, lunchboxes, tools and clothes. As a teacher, ‘free’ is a very important word!” said a Chicago school teacher’…”
“…Schools can browse catalogs of donated supplies and request what they need, thereby saving on classroom and other supplies and limiting teachers’ out-of-pocket costs…”
You can read the article in its entirety here –http://www.eddigest.com/sub.php?page=news&news_id=1 (link no longer available)
