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Free Crafting, Teacher Resources, Community Service

While we are best known for our fundraising thrifty craft store and our free crafting areas, we have many programs that help disadvantaged people. We provide free resources to teachers and we produce educational workshops and classes for field trips and for the public. We triumph in teaching diverse learning skills.

Our Passion

Art of Recycle Mission Statement

To develop, heal and grow community through experiential learning and interactive instruction for the advancement of diverse learners. We aim to promote access and equality by assisting all people to be inspired and empowered by using discarded, unwanted, and excess items as learning tools; creating generations to come to be more environmentally and socially conscious.  


Our philosophy is that art and music is the foundation to teaching math, science, reading, writing and sociology. Creativity belongs in the same category as preventive healthcare, diet and exercise, and people who are robbed of the ability to create art because of economic hardship live a life of the poorest quality. 

Equality and the arts

What Does Art of Recycle Really Do?

What Does Our Mission Mean?

Art of Recycle is not just your run of the mill community center and craft store. We are a unique educational center that interacts with local school districts and non-profit organizations. Providing additional services for students and adults, using your donations as educational tools.


Your excess resources help to provide programs that assist youth and adults who are less likely to succeed due to disabilities and disadvantages. We offer programs that are needed when the traditional educational system is not enough. Art of Recycle provides a low stress environment and a variety of learning situations that help people with high anxiety disorders to learn skills. We employ students who may not otherwise be able to be employed because their anxiety or learning disorders are not accepted within the current industry. Your donations, your social interactions, and your crafting and shopping experience are used as learning tools within our facility.


We are a place where people work together as a team, where everyone is accepted as they are, where people visit to make friends, where we heal and grow as a community.

Not Just A Craft Store

Art of Recycle is creating and developing an outreach program that could very well change the way people think about their stuff.  


Visit us, see what we are doing in Ephrata, and find out how you can help to make our communities better. Team work is the only way to solve problems and create solutions.

Our Wonderful Team

Artsy Fartsy Unicorn

Mr. Nobody Special

Mr. Nobody Special

Mr. Nobody Special

Future President of the Moon

Executive Director

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Chelas Montanye

Mr. Nobody Special

Mr. Nobody Special

Wizard of Miracles

Creative Director, Volunteer Coordinator

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Our Fantastic Staff

Kat

Robbie Rose

Robbie Rose

Author, Artist

Cashier

Robbie Rose

Robbie Rose

Robbie Rose

Archer of the Grimoire 

Magic Beans and Books Curator

Autumn

Robbie Rose

Autumn

Queen of Dragons

Assistant to the Wizard

Willow

Heather Buffington

Autumn

Sculptor, Artist

Cashier/Merchandiser

Randy Stettler

Heather Buffington

Heather Buffington

 Ambassador of Flow
Assistant to Merchandisers

Heather Buffington

Heather Buffington

Heather Buffington

Keeper of the Books

Magic Beans and Books Curator

The People Who Make AoR Magical

Melissa "Lissa" Hightower

Melissa "Lissa" Hightower

Melissa "Lissa" Hightower

Melissa "Lissa" Hightower

Stellar Seamstress

Sewing Room/Programming

Tristan Beebe

Melissa "Lissa" Hightower

Melissa "Lissa" Hightower

Assistant to the Ambassador of Flow

Gabby

Melissa "Lissa" Hightower

Amanda

Cashier/Merchandiser

Amanda

Darlene Prutzman

Amanda

Cashier/Merchandiser

Heidi Gardner

Darlene Prutzman

Darlene Prutzman

Guide to the Wise

Program Director

Darlene Prutzman

Darlene Prutzman

Darlene Prutzman

Magical Whippersnapper Monitor Mentor 

Teachers Area

Nash Presnell

Nash Presnell

Nash Presnell

Woodcarver, Artist

Cashier Lead

Volunteers Are Who Help Us Rock

V for Volunteering at Art of Recycle

V DeSantiago

V DeSantiago

V DeSantiago

Gold Award Winner of the Great Paper Caper
Greeting Card Department

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Chris Hash

V DeSantiago

V DeSantiago

Teachers area

Jean,  member of our happy volunteer team

Jean

V DeSantiago

Esther

Fae of the Clean

Bane of the Dust

Art of Recycle logo

Esther

Kathy Urban

Esther

Star Shooter, Moon Climber

Cashier/ 

Courtney

Kathy Urban

Kathy Urban

Cashier/Merchandiser

Kathy, a member of Art of Recycle’s volunteer team

Kathy Urban

Kathy Urban

Kathy Urban


Papercraft and Scrapbooking

You

Billy Bones

Billy Bones

A place to belong

Where you are needed

Clean the Craft Castle

or Learn new skills

Make wonderful friends

Enjoy being part of a team 

which is doing amazing things

for our community

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Starving artist, Billy Bones, at Art of Recycle

Billy Bones

Billy Bones

Billy Bones

Starving Artist

Marketing Director

Our Foundation

Why We Exist

Our Philosophy

Our Philosophy

Art of Recycle is a grassroots project that began in 2008 with the simple idea of teaching people how to re-use the everyday items around them to create art rather than discarding unwanted items into the landfill. Not just any art, but useful art that people would treasure and utilize for years.

As our programs developed, we discovered ways of using the discarded materials to better our community through community service programs and volunteer opportunities that our volunteers and staff created, and ways to use the resources to help other organizations. AoR is a nonprofit organization.

Our Philosophy

Our Philosophy

Our Philosophy

Art is a fundamental need. 


Art is probably one of the most stress relieving and therapeutic ways of healing your body and mind. Our nonprofit organization believes that art and music belong in the same category as diet and exercise, and people who are robbed of the ability to create art because of economic hardship live a life of the lowest quality. 


We believe that uniting with other organizations, creating community service programs and volunteer opportunities helps to create a stronger and healthier community.

Our Work

Our Philosophy

Our Work

Art of Recycle offers a free crafting area that is utilized by people of all walks of life. We facilitate intergenerational interactions by maintaining an environment in which young and old can enjoy together.


Disadvantaged teens, young adults and seniors benefit from our life skills, social skills and job skills programs.Your donations are used as tools in our workshops and craft store to help teach math, reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. We hire and train people who might not be employable due to their disadvantages.

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Art of Recycle

27 Cloister Avenue, Ephrata, Pennsylvania 17522, United States

(717) 466-6966

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