April 2019 newsletter

We are in full swing of Spring and Earth Day activities. March brought us lots of spring cleaners and we had 9.6 tons of items donated and diverted from the landfill

***We will be CLOSED Easter Sunday April 21st***

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50% off SATURDAY APRIL 13TH

For Wilson's 3rd birthday and he has requested that we have a sale. SATURDAY EVERYTHING WILL BE 50% OFF!!

(the following exceptions of the sale are RG merch and straws, full hide and sample size leather.)

Here are some tips for Saturday's Sale:

-Have fun and be nice. We will have good music playing.

-If you want something you've seen, come early.

-No call in Purchases will be accepted on Saturday.

-If you really really want something, come Friday. Our prices are still low and the money goes to a good cause

-Be careful in our parking lot. If you need to park at a close by business that is closed, you can always pull up to RG to load purchases.

-If you have donations, we suggest drop off on Friday or Sunday for less hassle in the lot.

-Make and take will be closed for the day.

We do these sales because we are full of wonderful donations from our community. We hope to show our appreciation and love to our customers with low prices. Together we are making an impact on the quantity of waste going to out local landfills.

XOXO Wilson

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We had 2 exciting events in March, thanks to a SPARK grant from Action Greensboro and Downton Greensboro. Our first event was a screening of Alex Eaves documentary "REUSE: because you can't recycle the planet". We partnered with UNCG's Greensboro Project Space in downtown Greensboro to show this film for free and allow viewers to ask Alex questions following the film. We had about 50 attenders come out to GPS for this event.

The following day, we had an amazing Spring weather day for RE-PLAY, which was a pop-up creative reuse playground that was open free to the public from 12-5 at Center City Park. We had over 700 attenders to this event!! Some participants stayed for hours creating forts and house out of cardboard and found reused objects. A big thanks to our board members and many volunteers that helped make this event possible.

So that brings up to April, which is Earth Day month. Laura is busy with lots of outreach in schools to teach about reuse. Below are a 2 events for the remainder of April.

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April Craft and Draft is Tuesday April 16th at Horigan's House of Taps from 6PM-8PM. this month's craft is cork frames. $5

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April 18th Storytime

FULL STEAM AHEAD | STORYTIME BOOKCLUB

THIRD THURSDAYS 9:00 AM

Free Admission

Join us on the third Thursday of the month this fall for Full Steam Ahead Storytime Book Club at Reconsidered Goods! Children from ages birth to 5, along with their caretakers, are invited for STEAM powered fun focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. Children of all abilities are welcome to this fun-filled learning experience.

April 18 | Flower Garden by Eve Bunting | Recycled Flowers: Investigate a variety of materials like plastic straws, bottlecaps and cardboard as we create a colorful flower garden from recyclable materials.

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Don't forget to sign up for Summer camps!!!