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Reusable Resources & Creative Materials

For teachers, parents, youth groups & artists

Creative Materials & Resources by the Pound

Our mission is to awaken people to their creative potential through cooperative effort, while promoting an ethic of conservation and reuse of valuable reusable resources.

The St. Louis Teachers’ Recycle Center, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping creative materials and reusable resources out of landfills and putting them in the hands of children, teachers, artists and others for creative and intellectual development.

VanGo

Our traveling van provides a walk-on resource center, ready to fill bags with ‘unburied treasures.’ Schedule a stop at your school, preschool, day care center, or any special event today.

Learn more about VanGo

We advocate educational excellence for the benefit of children through interactive, hands-on experiential learning.

Our resource centers are funded by these great programs:

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Children & Adult Workshops

With hands-on activities and curriculum, we help children and adults think creatively and communicate effectively across emotional, cultural and socioeconomic barriers.

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Art & Play Studios

Play Your Art Out is a place for all ages to experience and develop respect for each other and our planet through art and play. Located in Chesterfield Mall.

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Private Events

Celebrate your birthday or other special event with us! We’ll organize a fun, guided play and art session followed by a party, complete with a reflective slideshow of your special day.

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Unburied Treasure Store

Seek & find treasures of many kinds at our Unburied Treasure Store in the Play Studio. We saved these from being buried so you could discover, imagine and play at home.

Click the button below for a printable brochure

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Our resource centers are full of awesome stuff,
and we have so much fun at our play studio.
See for yourself.

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Resource Centers
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Resource Centers

We Need Your Help

St. Louis Teachers’ Recycle Centers are run and supported by volunteers. By donating your time and/or resources, you can help make a difference in the St. Louis community.

Volunteer

Our resource centers need volunteers just like you to sort, organize, promote and donate.

Donate

Our resource centers rely on material donations from individuals and corporations.

Sponsor

Sponsor a one of our traveling resource or reading vans at a teacher convention or community event.

Fund-A-Need

Your support and donations help us put our mission into action. Click on the button to learn more about supporting our cause.

contact us

Ballwin ReUsable Resource Center

Location             

Barn of Lucerne Suite 302
930 Kehrs Mill Rd.
Ballwin MO 63011

Center Hours:

Monday Closed
Tuesday 12:00pm-6:00pm
Wednesday 12:00pm-6:00pm
Thursday 11:00am-4:00pm
Friday Closed
Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm
Sunday Closed

Phone 636-227-7095

Play Studio Hours

By appointment only
Each session is 2 hours
$15 per person ages 4 and up
10-24 participants

Phone: 636-627-8780

Email: sltrc@sbcglobal.net

A Big “Thank You” To Our Amazing Sponsors

Schnucks
St. Louis - Jefferson Solid Waste Management
Saint Louis County Health
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri
Chesterfield Mall
PNC Grow Up Great
Mind Full of Words
School Sisters of Notre Dame
Century Credit Union
Fair U City
St. Louis Earth Day
STEM Education Coalition
Archdiocese of St. Louis
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