Monday, September 24, 2012

Progress' SMART! Holds First Donation Day -Oct. 2.

Progress Inc. will soon open an innovative social enterprise called SMART! - Scrape Made Art. On Oct. 2, you can help this new green business by coming by Progress and donating useful, recyclable items.

WHAT IS SMART!?

SMART! will be an art reuse center where artists, school teachers, craftsmen, seamstress and anyone in between can purchase unique, recycled items for any arts and crafts project. Customers will be able to purchase these recyclable items - from Popsicle sticks to plastic water bottle tops - in bulk for their projects at affordable prices. Along with providing a cool new art store for Nashville, SMART! will benefit Progress Inc.'s mission of giving adults with intellectual disabilities meaningful employment opportunities. The clients we support will eventually work at SMART! with the assistance of management staff.




Here are some neat examples of art created from recyclable items found across the web: 

Mini Magnet Craft Courtesy of letsgochipper.wordpress.com

Balls of string created with newspapers Courtesy of news.softpedia.com


How can you help get SMART! going?

SMART! Project Manager Kelli Monday has devised a list of items that will be needed for SMART!'s inventory. 

We welcome anyone and everyone to bring the items (listed below) in bags or boxes to Progress' office, 319 Ezell Pike on Tuesday, Oct. 2. It will be the first of many donation days, where Kelli collects a variety of items that will be used for future works of art. If you have questions or want to know more about SMART!, please contact Kelli Monday k.monday@progress-inc.org






 Paper Items
Plastic Items
Metal Items
paper bags
plastic lids (like off of water bottles
bottle caps
scrap book trinkets
old sunglasses
old keys
stickers
old reading glasses
old cabinet hardware (knobs, hinges)
used greeting cards
old games pieces
broken wind chimes
wrapping paper
picture frames
beads, jewelry
gift bags
beads, jewelry
wire
card stock
egg crates
bolts, screws, washers
scrap book supplies
mardi gras beads
wire coat hangers
canvas
old cassettes
bottle tabs
cardboard tubes
pvc pipe
old license plates
scrap book tools
plastic vases
mint tins
wall paper
cd cases
cookie tins
tissue paper
                                 button pins
paint swatches
Glass Items
paper clips, clamps
old puzzles
baby food jars
metal springs
small boxes
broken glass
hooks
old board games
tile
chain
wrapping bows, ribbon
beads, jewelry
forks, spoons
construction paper
mirrors
vintage metal signs
old fashion gum wrappers
clay pots
bike rims
envelopes
glass vases
old metal kitchen utensils
stamps
mason jars (clean)
paint can openers
atlas, maps, world globes
empty spice rack bottles
spiral off of spiral notebooks
metal rings
Wood Items
                      old typewriters
old game board pieces
                      decorative birdcages
picture frames
children blocks
tinker toys
clean paint stirrers
wood alpha letters
drum sticks


Sewing Items
Misc
Fabric ( at least 1/2 yd)
Wine corks
zippers
key boards
buttons
sea shells
ribbon
cds, dvds, records
yarn
candles
lace
cork boards
spools of thread
belts
empty thread spools
pencils, pens
straight pins
small erasable boards
safety pins
push pins
elastic
baskets
Velcro
shoe strings
pillow stuffing
craft paint
clothes patches
paint brushes
macrame cord
foam
Styrofoam balls
Crafty Supplies
egg cartons
pipe cleaners
drink coasters
googlie eyes
rope
glue
fishing line
crayons
fishing lures (clean)
broken crayons
old land-line phones
clay
Christmas ornaments
craft paint
golf balls
glitter
ping pong balls
sequins
interior design samples
grape vine wreaths
marbles
artificial flowers, garland
decorative rocks
foam sheets
face clocks
felt
old ear buds and wires
vellum
unused balloons
foam alpha letters
boa's (feathers)






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