Donate or volunteer – we count on you!
Your stuff and your time
keep us humming!
Donations accepted
ONLY during open store hours.
Support local schools and the arts
by donating your recyclable trash!
Scrap4Art accepts scrap materials from stores, manufacturers, interior designers, commercial sources and from individuals. Both materials and monetary contributions are welcome. Monetary donations accepted online and in the store during open hours. www.scrap4arttoledo.org
See the list below for examples of materials we are currently accepting. If you are ready to dispose of items not on the list, please give us a call or email. We frequently get special requests for items not listed.
STRONGLY NEEDED ITEMS are marked in GREEN
Brayers Beads Pastels Yarn
(Currently) We do NOT NEED items marked in RED
We have plenty!
Alcohol Inks
Artificial Flowers & Greenery
Artist Papers (Watercolor, Yupo, Bristol Board, Pastel & Charcoal)
Baby Food & Ball Jars
Beads
Bottle Caps (Plastic): plain colors
Bottle & Jar Caps (Plastic & Metal)
Brayers for Printing
Buttons
Calligraphy pens, quills, ink
Canvases (New & Used)
CD & CD Cases
Chalk & Charcoal Pencils
Cigar Boxes
Clay Pots (Small only)
Clothes Pins
Construction Paper
Corks
Cotton Balls
Crayons
Dowel Rods (Wood)
Egg Cartons (Cardboard Only)
Embroidery Floss
Embroidery Hoops
Fabric
Feathers
Felt
Foam Sheets & Cutouts
Folders (New only with pockets)
Frames
Game Pieces
Gift Bags
Glass Beads
Glass Vases
Glitter
Glue (Bottles & Sticks)
Googly Eyes
Greeting Cards
Hot Glue Guns & Glue Sticks
(Hot Multi-Temp)
Knitting & Crochet Needles
Laminate Samples (Small w/ Holes Only)
Leather
Letters (Self-stick)
Magnets (Small Metal Only)
Marbles
Markers
Mat Board
Metal Parts for Robots
Metal Washers
Moss & Foam (Green for Floral)
Maps (Vintage & New)
Paint (Acrylic & Tempra)
Paint Brushes & Rollers (New & Used)
Paper Punch Tools
Pastels
Pens & Pencils
Phone Wire (Colored)
Photo-Sensitive Paper
Pipe Cleaners
Pom Poms
Pop Tabs
Popsicle Sticks (Small & Large)
Postage Stamps (All Kinds, Even Cancelled)
Puzzle Pieces
Raffia
Ribbon (Grosgrain, Satin & Paper)
Rubber Stamps & Ink Pads
Rulers
Scissors
Scrapbook Paper
Sea Shells
Sequins
Sewing Notions (Velcro, Elastic, Snaps, etc.)
Sheet Music (New & Vintage)
Silverware (New & Vintage)
Sketch Pads
Spools (Wooden from Thread)
Staplers & Staples
Stickers
Straws
Tape (Regular, Packing & 2-sided)
Thread
Tiles (Coaster-Size Only)
Tissue Paper (Only New Packages)
Trophie Parts
Vases (Small, Clear Glass Only)
Watches & Jewelry
Wire (Colored & Other)
X-Rays
Yarn (No Eyelash or Ribbon Yarn)
Zippers
Volunteer Some Time
Scrap4Art happens only because of its volunteers. We have many hats to wear, so we are always looking for new team members. You can help a little or a lot. Here's how:
Merchandise sorting
Inventory management
Customer assistance
Manufacturer contact
Workshop leadership & assistance
Environmental education
Grant-writing
Project creation from recycled items
Outreach to schools
Website maintenance
Publicity
JOIN OUR BOARD
We plan on expanding our board of directors! We are looking for individuals who want to share their passions and help guide us in our mission to provide access to creativity and keep usable goods from ending up in landfills.
Board members commit to year-long terms, and monthly meetings as needed. Help make a difference in your community while deepening your own leadership experience!
Just a few of the skills we are interested in adding to our team:
• Fundraising
• Community Outreach / Event Planning
• Bookkeeping / Accounting
• Grant Writing
• Marketing / Business Strategy
• PR & Communications
• Tech / Web optimization
• Craft-making
Interested individuals can send a short bio to