Scroungers'
Center for
Reusable
Art
Parts
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HOW TO START
YOUR OWN SCRAP
Find warehouse space (at least a garage) where you can
permanently store and display materials.
Find volunteers to help
with pickups, displays, making sample artwork, teaching workshops and
selling goods.
Visit
manufacturers to find materials you want. They are often
very surprised that anyone would want their disposables and are happy to
save money on disposal costs.
Display your materials in an organized manner. Insist
that your customers take responsiblity to keep things as neat as possible.
Notify schools
and teachers that you have re-usable supplies available at low cost.
Plan a Grand
Opening with special events, hands on art projects, music and
refreshments.
Advertise with fliers, press releases to newspapers and
radio stations,
Establish a
price per volume of goods, for example, charge $5.00 for
each grocery bag. Smaller and more precious materials like buttons and
beads can be sold separately.
The
money you earn can be used as matching funds for grants.
There are many Internet Resources on how to get grants.
© 2009 SCRAP
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