What Does Art of Recycle Really Do?
What Does Our Mission Mean?
Art of Recycle Ephrata 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 job training services for students and adults, free of charge, using your donations as educational tools.
Your excess becomes free resources helping 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.
AoR develops innovative programs
The Art of Hope, aka Little Art Bank
In the summer of 2017, Art of Recycle was recognized in the Lancaster Chamber's magazine "Lancaster Thriving"
for winning the 2016 #ImpactLancaster challenge with our innovative and successful program "Art is a Necessity". Our program involves distributing free materials to teachers in need of school supplies . Our self-sustaining program has strengthened and developed every year since.
As of October 2021, Art of Recycle has opened a 2500 sf Teacher Resource Center in Ephrata PA. AoR’s free teacher resources are now located in its own facility, adjacent to Art of Recycle’s Thrifty Craft Store.
There is a $35 processing fee to access the resource center.
Our Wonderful Team
Mr. Nobody Special
Mr. Nobody Special
Mr. Nobody Special
Future President of the Moon
Executive Director
Chelas Montanye
Mr. Nobody Special
Mr. Nobody Special
Wizard of Miracles
Creative Director, Volunteer Coordinator
Our Fantastic Staff
Willow
Randy Stettler
Randy Stettler
Sculptor, Artist
Cashier/Merchandiser
Randy Stettler
Randy Stettler
Randy Stettler
Ambassador of Flow
Assistant to Merchandisers
The People Who Make AoR Magical
Kat
Darlene Prutzman
Darlene Prutzman
Cashier/Merchandiser
Darlene Prutzman
Darlene Prutzman
Darlene Prutzman
Magical Whippersnapper Monitor Mentor
Teachers Area
Cheyenne
Darlene Prutzman
Cheyenne
Cashier
Job Skills Trainer
Volunteers Are Who Help Us Rock
Jean
Fae of the Clean
Bane of the Dust
Billy Bones
Starving Artist
Marketing Director
Chris Hash
Teachers area
BettyLou
Greeting Cards
You
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