Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts, Culture & Humanities, Arts Services, Environment, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection, Visual Arts

Mission: Lancaster's Creative Reuse center offers a donation based art, craft, and sewing supply store. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization working to connect community excess to those who can use it creatively. LCR aims to inspire creativity, and encourage reuse through providing educational and community outreach programming.

Results: A few of LCRs community outreach actions in 2018:PROVIDED CREATIVE REUSE / ARTS MATERIALS TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LANCASTER FOR SUMMER CAMP!SUPPORTED ST. MARK'S UMC MAKERS CRAFT NIGHT WITH CRAFT TABLE PROJECTS TO EDUCATE ON CREATIVE REUSE! PARTNERED WITH THE RASE PROJECT, TO PROVIDE MATERIALS FOR A WEEKLY CREATIVE RECOVERY GROUP. WE SUPPLIED SEWING MATERIALS FOR DRESS MAKING WITH HOPE 4 WOMEN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM DRESS A GIRL AROUND THE WORLD. WE SUPPLY AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DISABILITY EMPOWERMENT CENTER PROVIDING ARTS AND CRAFTS MATERIALS. WE SUPPLIED NU LIFE AT THE NIMBLE THIMBLE SEWING MATERIALS BENEFITING HANDZ ON HOPE . WE PROVIDED OVER 300 LBS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO J. P. MCCASKEY HIGHSCHOOL AND SDOL. Monetary donations were taken throughout the months of Dec 2017 and Jan 2018 - and used to purchase items from the Water Street Mission's Amazon wishlist of art materials. We also donated many projects and directions for their crafting sessions.

Target demographics: the next generation, artists, students, teachers, fellow nonprofits, and the community as a whole

Geographic areas served: Lancaster Pennsylvania

Programs: We work to collect the community excess, and connect it with those that can use it creatively. We aim to keep these items out of landfills, teach the importance and differences between Reduce / Ruse / and Recycling -- as well as UpCycling (creative reuse). We are committed to inspiring creativity, increasing access to the arts through affordability, and encouraging reuse.