Orono school finds treasure in scarborough - Aimee Dolloff (176)

Orono school finds treasure in scarborough - Aimee Dolloff (176): "Orono school finds treasure in scarborough
Monday, June 05, 2006 - Bangor Daily News << Back

ORONO - It's a teacher's dream.

Rooms filled from floor to ceiling with colored pencils, paper, glue sticks, fabric, filing cabinets, chairs and just about anything you'd want to use in a classroom - and it's all nearly free.

For a fee of $2 per child at the school, or a minimum of $350, teachers can visit Ruth's Reusable Resources in Scarborough and walk away with as much as they can carry.

Ruth's takes in excess supplies from businesses and industries so that schoolteachers, students and nonprofit organizations have access to practical and creative materials they wouldn't have been able to find or afford elsewhere.

As a result, more than 70,000 students and 7,500 teachers have benefited from resources donated by more than 300 companies. "