What We Do
ReCreate is committed to reducing waste in our community—and inspiring others to do the same—through art, education, and imagination.
How We Do It
ReCreate collects safe, clean, unbelievably cool—but unwanted—items from local businesses, diverting approximately 65 tons of material from landfill each year.
And just what do we do with these reclaimed treasures?
We stock our RECreate’sCraft Thrift Store and Studio, as well as source supplies for our education programs.
At our ReUse Store, knitters, crafters, teachers, costume-makers, scrap-bookers, and holiday-decoration enthusiasts can find an array of exciting goods for their projects, all at thrift store prices!
Visitors to our Store and Studio, where we hold drop-in hours, scheduled classes, camps, and birthday parties get to use our supercool diverted materials for their creations.
We educate.
Last year ReCreate took its More Art! Less Waste! program to over 10,000 elementary school students in the greater Sacramento region. In addition to this program, we offer a multitude of workshops at our site, from creative studio crafting for kids to arts workshops for adults to maker education summer camps for tomorrow’s engineers—all using the materials we diverted from landfill, simultaneously helping our planet and educating people on why we should reduce, reuse, and recycle.
ReCreate also brings our GeniusMobile - to bring hands-on project-based STEAM learning to schools in our region. We also offer Family Maker Nights - hands-on fun for the whole family that we can host at your school or site.
We reach out to our community.
You may see our colorful, can’t-miss-it Rolling ReCreate truck at fairs, festivals, or special events held by local businesses such as IKEA or Whole Foods. We provide materials (diverted, of course) and tools for a free, on-the-spot art experience. Our fun facilitators, armed with glue guns and boundless creativity, can bring out the artistic genius in anyone.
