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W EL COM E T O
TH E CRAY ON I N I T I AT I VE ’ S
SCH OOL P R O G R A M G U I D E .
On the following pages you will find general information about The
Crayon Initiative, how to set up a collection drive at your school,
suggested project activities, and fundraising ideas.
Do you have used, broken crayons
that are headed for the trash?
We can do something great with them!
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OU R ST ORY
Bryan Ware is the founder of The Crayon Initiative. As a student,
Bryan, enjoyed the artistic aspects of school more than the
academic ones. Art was a passion of Bryan’s from a young age:
an opportunity to express himself and do things his way. As Bryan
moved through middle school and high school, under the direction
of dedicated art teachers, art became a part of who he was. He
found himself shifting from one interest to another: drawing,
drafting, architecture, woodshop, and photography. These
interests had a common thread: the Arts.
Always trying to push the boundaries of the ordinary, Bryan
began his own company to find creative and artistic solutions to
packaging problems. Not only was his career growing, but his
family was growing as well. By 2006, Bryan’s business was going
strong; he was married, and had 2 young boys. Life was busy
at home and the family seemed to dine out often. With small
children in tow, they frequented family friendly restaurants. At
each establishment, crayons were given to kids to help them pass
the time and keep them occupied while waiting for their food.
Sometimes they would bring the crayons home, but more often
than not the crayons were left on the table after his family had
completed their meal.
One evening, in 2011, Bryan and his family were dining at a local
restaurant in celebration of his 40th birthday. As the boys were
coloring with crayons provided by the restaurant, Bryan was
twirling a crayon through his fingers (a habit that had become part
of Bryan’s personality that showed he was deep in thought) when
he questioned out loud, “I wonder what happens to these crayons
after we leave if we don’t take them.” Taking it one step further,
he asked their server. Bryan was shocked and saddened to find
out that any crayons put on the table, whether slightly used or not
even touched, had to be thrown away and eventually ended up in
the landfill. Bryan took those crayons with him that night. He was
convinced that the life of restaurant crayons didn’t have to end
there. It became his personal challenge to find a creative way to
recirculate the endless supply of free materials and bring the Arts
to children everywhere.
The wheels started turning.
The ideas started flowing.
The Crayon Initiative was born: recycling unwanted crayons into
unlimited possibilities.
What We Do
The Crayon Initiative organizes crayon collections that take
unwanted crayons, remanufactures them, and provides them
to hospitals that are caring for our kids. Hospital arts’ programs
provide in-hospital entertainment and learning programs. During
a hospital stay, it’s important for children to continue normal
childhood development and skills building to keep life as close to
“normal” as possible for them. Art helps hospitalized children by
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alleviating anxiety, providing psychological support, and offering
creative outlets for self-expression. Arts programs also enhance
problem-solving and critical thinking skills, while promoting
creativity and imagination. Children can escape into a world of
fantasy penned by their own imagination, just by using crayons.
The wax from crayons is not biodegradable and will never break
down, leaving a waxy sludge in our landfills for centuries to come.
The Crayon Initiative supports environmental efforts by diverting
crayons from the landfills. Annually, over 500,000 pounds of
broken crayons are discarded in landfills throughout the country.
By collecting unwanted crayons from restaurants, schools, as
well as other locations, then recycling them into new ones, The
Crayon Initiative is doing our part to prevent crayons from being
depositing in the landfill.
them access to the resources they need. Crayons are a simple
concept…colored sticks of wax. The mere smell, feel, and colors of
the rainbow take us back to our childhood instantly. Crayons are a
building block for childhood creativity. What’s simpler than a carton
of crayons and a blank sheet of paper? Yet, with the combination
of these two materials, the possibilities are endless. We can
do anything, go anywhere, or be anyone we want to be: ride a
dinosaur through a rainbow desert; launch a rocket ship into outer
space; battle a fire-headed, purple monster; draw a family portrait.
No matter who you are or where you are, imagination provides the
ideas and crayons bring those ideas to life.
Crayons are only the beginning for The Crayon Initiative. As
we grow, we are expanding beyond wax sticks and providing
opportunities in other areas of the arts for children.
General Information
The Crayon Initiative believes that in order to grow and learn,
children need to have the freedom to be creative and express
themselves through art.
With crayons in hand, stories can unfold, dreams can take shape,
and imaginations can run wild.
The Crayon Initiative is a Northern California based non-profit with
one thing on our mind: promoting the arts for children by providing
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C R E AT IN G A COLLECTION D RI V E
• Collection Boxes: Set up collection boxes or bins in every
classroom. There are several ways you can do this:
1. We will send you small boxes to set out in each classroom.
2. Have a group of students or specific class CREATE the boxes
for collection.
3. Get Bins (or have them donated), print our logo sticker and
watch the bins fill all year!
Rate Boxes should be in the $50 - $100 range. These boxes hold
upwards of 25 pounds of crayons if stuffed well!
We suggest reaching out to local restaurants or other interested
companies or organizations to sponsor your school’s collection by
donating/paying for shipping.
Logo sticker are available for printing at the end of this
document.
• Flyers: We can supply flyers to post around your school and
community or for your own newsletters and packets. We also
suggest having your students create posters to spread the word
about your school’s participation in The Crayon Initiative!
• Shipping: You can send your crayon donations at any time. In
many cases, schools begin collecting as a year-long project.
Then, at the end of the school term when it is time for
classroom clean-up, they go about boxing and sending the
year’s collection.
The easiest and most cost efficient method for shipping crayons
to us is with USPS Flat Rate Boxes. For a large school, collectiong
over the entire school year from both classrooms and crayons
brought in from home, the shipping costs with the Large Flat
Shipping Instructions
The easiest and most cost efficient way to ship is as simple as 1, 2, 3!
Step 1:
Pick up flat rate boxes at any United States Post Office (USPS), or use the links below to order them
online and they will be delivered right to you.
Large Flat Rate
Boxes
Medium Flat Rate
Boxes
Step 2:
Fill boxes with crayons to be recycled. Remember these are flat
rate boxes, so shake down the used crayons, and pile in as many
as possible to save on overall shipping fees.
Make sure boxes are well taped in all directions. We need to
ensure the box doesn’t break open during transit.
Step 3:
Set up a USPS account at: https://reg.usps.com/. Shipping from this account will give a discounted rate
versus walking into the post office.
Once the account is set up, log in and use the Click-N-Ship option for flat rate boxes (based on either
the medium or large size being shipped). After the form is complete, print the “label” on regular
printer paper and tape it to the sealed box.
Put the full box with your outgoing mail, or drop off
at any USPS and away it goes!
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Our address is: The Crayon Initiative
540 Glasgow Circle
Danville, CA 94526
ORIGINAL
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A C T I VIT Y S UGGESTION S
In an attempt to introduce students to The Crayon Initiative,
we are happy to provide activity suggestions to help foster the
relationship between your students and our mission. One of
our primary objectives is to promote kids helping kids and the
world around them. We want them to understand what they
are providing for others as well as the positive impact they are
making on the environment. Please see the activities below for
some suggestions of how to tie The Crayon Initiative into your
curriculum.
We also understand how busy teachers are in the classroom
teaching lessons which align to the Common Core Standards. We
have tried in all cases to integrate our activities across the curricular
areas as well as fit them into a standard so as not to add one more
thing to teacher’s plates.
The ideas listed below are just suggestions, so if you create a
successful activity, please send it our way to share with others.
Also, send us your student’s art work and pictures of the work you
are doing at your school and we will share it on our website and
through social media.
School-Wide Introduction
We have created an introduction video to The Crayon Initiative to
share with your school. http://thecrayoninitiative.org/wp/uploads/
Crayon_v006_720p.mp4
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• Video: At the launch of your campaign, have older students
create a video explaining the program and what it does. Present
this to all classes or in a general assembly.
• Collection: Make setting up the collection bins and boxes a group
activity in each classroom (as well as any dedicated art classes).
• Banner Creation: In addition to posters made by individual
students, perhaps create a school-wide banner to be hung for
the duration of your collection. Each grade could contribute to
the overall creation before it is hung for display, unifying the
whole school to the collective cause.
• Committee: Form a committee of teachers, parents, and
students. Meet to plan how this campaign can be spread
outward into the community and assign jobs.
• Volunteers: Offer parents the option to volunteer. They can
make a list of local restaurants to go with their children to seek
out participation and sponsorship for covering shipping fees.
Also ask if those restaurants would like to donate their crayons to
your school’s collection.
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PR E - K /D AYCARE
• Discussion Questions: What are crayons? What are they made of?
What do we do with crayons? What are the primary crayon colors?
• Color Songs: Incorporate color songs into your curriculum if you
have not yet done so. You can sing (or play) these songs while
sorting the colors. Here are a few examples:
• Recycling Discussion: Where does garbage go? What is
recycling? What do you recycle at home?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGa3AqeqRy0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gftgtedvI0
• Sorting: First, ask parents & staff to donate any of their used
crayons. Then create boxes labeled with the colors listed below.
Kids can sort crayons into the appropriate color box. Continue
this all year long as you go through crayons in the classroom.
Use the crayons to help introduce counting, addition and
subtraction as visual aids for Common Core basics.
***Note: We sort colors into red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
purple, pink, white, black and “everything else”.
• Color Days: Give each day a color. Incorporate crayon drawings
in that color scheme and then have kids put the used crayons in
the appropriate box for that day.
• The Day the Crayons Quit: There are some really great picture
books called The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons
Came Home that would be excellent literature connections for
the campaign and would appeal to the younger grades.
For Common Core Standards relating to these books (k-5)
please visit http://www.penguin.com/wp-content/
uploads/2015/07/CrayonsGuide-revised15-nocrops.pdf.
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Decorate and deliver collection boxes to each classroom and
create posters to advertise the project.
• Discussion Questions: What happens to crayons when people
are finished using them? Can crayons be recycled? Why would
project can be found at https://thewonderment.com/path/colorsomething-new/. The theme of the challenge is “If you could
make something exist just by drawing it, what would you draw
first?” After your students complete the assignment, just upload
their drawings to the site!
that be important? How can your old crayons help someone
else? How do crayons go to landfills and why is it good to
recycle? How can crayons be melted down into new crayons?
Explain what constitutes a “used” crayon. You can also use
these discussion points as part of your English Language
• Decomposing: Include crayons in your Next Generation Science
Standards Decomposition lesson. Here is a great example of a
lesson plan: http://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/
reducing-san-franciscos-landfill-waste.
Arts Standards for Common Core in the form of listening to
delivered information and asking comprehension questions or as
(Production and Distribution of Writing) Reading Information and
Comprehension exercises.
• The Day the Crayons Quit: There are some really great picture
books called The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons
Came Home that would be excellent literature connections for
the campaign and would appeal to the younger grades.
For Common Core Standards relating to these books (k-5) please
visit http://www.penguin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/
CrayonsGuide-revised15-nocrops.pdf.
• The Wonderment: This is a wonderful site that offers creative
project challenges to kids. The Wonderment has created a
specific challenge for The Crayon Initiative users. The specific
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• Color Sorting: Instead of having a single bin, invite the children
to bring in shoeboxes and used crayons from home. Have the
students draw things representing each color. Then cut out the
drawings and decorate the color boxes. Have the children sort
the colors throughout the collection period. You can also use
these crayons as addition and subtraction visual aids in Common
Core Math lessons.
***Note: We sort colors into red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
purple, pink, white, black and “everything else”.
• Information Writing: Students can write a how-to or information
book about crayons.
• Persuasive Writing: Students can write a persuasive piece
naming the best color crayon and why. Take it one step further
and have an in-class debate.
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3R D – 5TH GRADE
• Discussion Questions: What happens to crayons when people
are finished using them? Can crayons be recycled? Why would
that be important? How can your old crayons help someone
else? Explain to students that old broken crayons can be
recycled and sent to a special crayon recycling center. They are
melted down and made into new crayons. Everyone, no matter
how young, can help make a difference in helping planet Earth.
Sixty tons of crayons are made daily. Wax crayons are made
of petroleum, a chemical that is toxic to our environment. If
we didn’t recycle, the crayons would eventually end up in our
landfills and never breaks down. How long does it take for
other things to decompose? What is recycling and why people
do it? You can also use these discussion points as part of your
English Language Arts Standards for Common Core in the form
of listening to delivered information and asking comprehension
questions or as (Production and Distribution of Writing) Reading
Information and Comprehension exercises.
• Video Project: Have older kids create a video that will be
presented school-wide about The Crayon Initiative and what
your plans are for collecting. This should be done at the start of
your campaign and used as an introduction to all grade levels.
• The Day the Crayons Quit: There are some really great picture
books called The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons
Came Home that would be excellent literature connections. For
Common Core Standards relating to these books (k-5) please
visit http://www.penguin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/
CrayonsGuide-revised15-nocrops.pdf.
• Decomposing: Include crayons in your Next Generation Science
Standards Decomposition lesson. Here is a great example of a
lesson plan: http://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/
compost-a-scientific-investigation.
• Math: After the first few days of crayon collection (before the
number becomes unmanageable) incorporate the recycled
crayons into a math activity involving ratios. Additionally, this
activity will allow students to see the progress their efforts have
yielded in a short period of time.
• Life Cycle of a Crayon: Connect this lesson to plant or animal
life cycles. Teachers can incorporate the idea of the three R’s
for recycling. Students can illustrate the process or actually
see the process by melting down some crayons in class in a
science lab.
• Persuasive Letters: In your ELA Opinion Literacy lessons:
For upper elementary grades the students can practice their
persuasive opinion-based writing skills by writing a local
restaurant and persuading them to participate in the program.
• Junk Sculptures: Have the kids bring in items they would
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normally throw away. Show pictures of junk sculptures. Give
them modeling clay and let them create sculptures and explain
them and the items they used.
• Visit Local Establishments: With the help and coordination
of parent/teacher volunteers, invite older students to visit
local restaurants or related companies/organizations that
might be willing to contribute to the school’s collection. Let
them explain what they are doing and why they are doing it.
This might also be a good way to get local sponsorship for
shipping costs.
• Decorate Furniture: Visit http://flatgoods.com/ and either
purchase or have a piece of white cardboard furniture donated.
This is a wonderful company that promotes recycling and the
environment. Cardboard is great because, when designed
the right way, it can be just a strong as wood. Plus, it uses
far less “tree” than actual solid wood. Cardboard furniture is
so lightweight, it reduces shipping costs. Of course, it’s also
recyclable. The furniture is easy to assemble with a few folds
and will last 1-3 years before being 100% recycled again. Have
the students color and decorate the item. If you have multiple
pieces, make this a contest. The recycled cardboard furniture
can either serve as classroom furniture or be auctioned off as
part of your fundraising events.
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• The Wonderment: This is a wonderful site that offers creative
project challenges to kids. The Wonderment has created a
specific challenge for The Crayon Initiative users. The specific
project can be found at https://thewonderment.com/path/colorsomething-new/. The theme of the challenge is “If you could
make something exist just by drawing it, what would you draw
first?” After your students complete the assignment, just upload
their drawings to the site!
• Writing Assignment: In your ELA Informative/Explanatory
Literacy lessons incorporate The life cycle of a crayon from
creation through recycling.
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MID D LE SCHOOL – HIGH SCH OOL
Middle Schools and High Schools following the C3 Framework
for Social Studies State Standards can incorporate the following
activities into their curriculum:
• Visit Local Establishments: Invite students to visit local
restaurants or related companies/organizations that might
be willing to contribute to the school’s collection. Have
them explain what they are doing and why they are doing it.
This might also be a good way to get local sponsorship for
shipping costs.
• Collection Competition: Have the students start their own minidrives. Discuss volunteering with non-profits and see who can
collect the most crayons/donations.
the right way, it can be just a strong as wood. Plus, it uses
far less “tree” than actual solid wood. Cardboard furniture is
so lightweight, it reduces shipping costs. Of course, it’s also
recyclable. The furniture is easy to assemble with a few folds
and will last 1-3 years before being 100% recycled again. Have
the students color and decorate the item. If you have multiple
pieces, make this a contest. The recycled cardboard furniture
can either serve as classroom furniture or be auctioned off as
part of your fundraising events.
To read more about the C3 Framework for Social Studies, visit
the website: http://www.socialstudies.org/system/files/c3/C3Framework-for-Social-Studies.pdf.
• Stop Motion Animation Project: Have the student create a stop
motion animation piece that shows the life cycle of a crayon from
creating art to being recycled then melted down and turned into
new crayons.
• Recycled “Found Objects” Art Projects.
• Decorate Furniture: Visit http://flatgoods.com/ and either
purchase or have a piece of white cardboard furniture donated.
This is a wonderful company that promotes recycling and the
environment. Cardboard is great because, when designed
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END O F THE YEAR
• Reflection Discussion: Why did the class recycle crayons? How
did the school help the environment? Did students like recycling
the crayons? Why or why not? How should we modify our plans
and goals to continue the program next year? After learning
about this, how will we change our behavior? How can we
communicate to others in our school or community about our
project and persuade them to join our efforts?
• Sorting Party: Have students come together to sort the crayons
heading for donation. They can sort by color and prepare the
boxes for shipping. Invite the local media to cover this event to
spread news to the community about your school’s campaign
and The Crayon Initiative.
**Note: We sort colors into red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
purple, pink, white, black and “everything else”.
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F U ND R AISIN G
We’ve outgrown our capacity to conduct operations from a home
garage and kitchen. We are seeking funds to secure a dedicated
facility. With a dedicated space, we will be able to scale up our
operations, reducing the volume of crayons that end up in landfills
by hundreds of thousands of pounds annually, while also increasing
by tens of thousands the number of hospitalized children we can
supply with our remanufactured crayons.
Help us meet our goal so we can move out of a garage and
start building an operation that will deliver crayons to millions of
hospitalized children and keep thousands of tons of wax out of our
landfills. Funds raised will also be allocated to purchase additional
crayon molds, secure a longer lease, and purchase equipment that
will allow us to operate more efficiently.
Fundraising Ideas:
Here are a few ideas for how your school can raise money for
donation to The Crayon Initiative!
• Colorful Cakes Bake Sale: Pancake & Coloring Breakfast (with
paper lining and tons of crayons!)
• Art Show: Showcase artwork made by the students for bidding
or sale.
• Recycled Craft Fair: Sell crafts created by students and/or
families from your community.
• Color-a-Thon: Ask for donations based on how much you can
color.
• Recycling Bottle Drive: Use the funds to donate to The Crayon
Initiative or for shipping costs.
• Approach Local Restaurants: Have them host a Fundraising
Night with a 15% proceeds donation.
• Decorated Furniture: Auction off decorated “Flatgoods”
furniture.
Donation Values:
• $100 - Provides 200 Hospitalized Children with a pack of crayons
and diverts 40 pounds of wax away from landfills.
• $250 – Provides 500 Hospitalized Children with a pack of crayons
and diverts 100 pounds of wax away from landfills.
• $500 – Provides 1,200 Hospitalized Children with a pack of
crayons and diverts 240 pounds of wax away from landfills.
• $1000 – Provides 2,500 Hospitalized Children with a pack of
crayons and diverts 500 pounds of wax away from landfills.
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FR E Q U EN TLY ASKED QUESTI ON S
Q: What do cash donations provide?
A: We use cash donations to help fund crayon remanufacturing,
collection drives, future grants for art programs, and cover
shipping costs of the crayons from our facility to the hospitals
for donation. We appreciate anything you can give – any
amount helps!
Q: Where do I send our collected crayons and monetary
donations?
A: The Crayon Initiative
540 Glasgow Circle
Danville, CA 94526
Note: Please do NOT send your monetary donation inside the crayon
donation box.
Q: Where do you donate the crayons?
A: We donate the new crayons to Children’s Hospitals throughout
the country.
Q: Are donations tax exempt?
A: The Crayon Initiative is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization.
Donations and contributions are tax deductible as allowed
by law.
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Q: How else can I get involved?
A: Spread the Word! Tweet? Post? Help us spread the word about
The Crayon Initiative by sharing messages and telling your
friends about us. You (or your students) can also visit your local
restaurants and ask them to participate in collecting crayons
using our Leave Behind Card. http://thecrayoninitiative.org/
wp/uploads/The-Crayon-Initiative-Leave-Behind-Card.pdf
Additionally, if you’re in the San Francisco area and would like to
help sort crayons, just email [email protected].
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P R O G R AM TOOLS
POSTERS (11” x 17”)
The Life of a Crayon
Have you ever wondered what happens to your unwanted crayons ?
We wondered the same question ourselves. Shockingly, we discovered most unwanted crayons are
thrown away, ending up in the landfill. Not only is this a waste of valuable resources, but a detriment
to the environment. This inspired us to design a process that recycles used crayons and gives them to
children in need.
The Crayon Initiative was born!
New crayons arrive at schools
or homes and are used by children
Unwanted crayons are
dropped into a collection box
Collection box sent directly to
The Crayon Initiative
Made into NEW crayons
Crayons shipped to
children’s hospitals
New crayons are used
by pediatric patients
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FLYERS (8.5” x 11”)
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R E C YCL ING U NWA NTE D CR AYO NS INTO U NL IM ITE D P O S S IB IL ITIE S
The Life of a Crayon
Have you ever wondered what happens to your unwanted crayons ?
We wondered the same question ourselves. Shockingly, we discovered most unwanted crayons are
thrown away, ending up in the landfill. Not only is this a waste of valuable resources, but a detriment
to the environment. This inspired us to design a process that recycles used crayons and gives them to
children in need.
The Crayon Initiative was born!
DO YO U HAVE US ED, BRO K EN CRAYO NS
THAT A RE HEA DED F O R THE TRA S H?
W E C A N DO S O METHI NG GREAT WI TH THEM!
Introducing The Crayon Initiative: A non-profit organization dedicated to providing children with
the resources to express their creativity and individuality through the arts.
Donate your unwanted crayons and we’ll recycle them into new ones. Then we’ll donate them back
to schools, children’s hospitals, art programs and other organizations invested in children.
New crayons arrive at schools
or homes and are used by children
Unwanted crayons are
dropped into a collection box
Collection box sent directly to
The Crayon Initiative
How can you be a part of the initiative?
D ROP OFF YOU R CRAYONS AT YOU R SCH OOL’S
FRONT OFFICE OR CL A SSROOM TODAY !
D O YO U HAVE US ED , BRO K EN C RAYO N S
T HAT A RE HEA D ED F O R T HE T RA S H?
W E C A N D O S O MET HI N G GREAT W I T H T HEM!
Introducing The Crayon Initiative: A non-profit organization dedicated to providing children with
the resources to express their creativity and individuality through the arts.
Donate your unwanted crayons and we’ll recycle them into new ones. Then we’ll donate them back
to schools, children’s hospitals, art programs and other organizations invested in children.
Made into NEW crayons
Crayons shipped to
children’s hospitals
How can you be a part of the initiative?
New crayons are used
by pediatric patients
D RO P O F F YO UR C RAYO N S AT YO UR S C HO O L’S
F RO N T O F F I C E O R C L A S S RO O M T O DAY!
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Give us your crayons and give back!
Learn more at www.thecrayoninitiative.org or email us at [email protected].
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Give us your crayons and give back!
Learn more at www.thecrayoninitiative.org or email us at [email protected].
RE C YC L IN G U N WAN T ED C R AYO N S IN T O U N L IMIT ED P O SSIBIL I TI E S
LOGO SHEETS (8.5” x 11”)
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C O NTA CT IN FORMATIO N
Website: http://thecrayoninitiative.org/
Contact Form: http://thecrayoninitiative.org/contact/
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Email: [email protected]
Or, write us a letter, draw us a picture and send it to:
The
Crayon Initiative
540 Glasgow Circle
Danville, CA 94526
We would love to see the artwork and/or photos of your students
working to collect crayons and raise funds for The Crayon Initiative!
The Crayon Initiative, The Crayon Initiative logo, Share Your Colors, Share Your Colors logo
and RECYCLING UNWANTED CRAYONS INTO UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES are trademarks
and/or copyrights of The Crayon Initiative © 2015. All rights reserved.
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