Businesses
If you are a business, your "trash" might be a "treasure" for classroom teachers in San Diego County. Don’t throw away those unused office and marketing items until you talk with us. Many seemingly unusable items can be turned into Teacher Treasures.
Please contact STTRC at
sfreeburn@sgeei.org or call 619-847-5518
to discuss the possibilities.
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization.
Examples of treasures contributed to STTRC by area businesses:
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Convention bags
Office stationary
Pens & pencils
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Teachers!
This is the place for teachers to
obtain free classroom materials.
Drop by to discover all of the wonderful treasures available to take back to your classroom!
What’s In Stock?
We currently have a large number of convention bags that are perfect for creating Science Take Home Bags.
An abundance of brightly colored large sized tee shirts have recently been donated. |
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We have binders that are perfect for interactive notebooks and/or portfolios We have lots or to house your favorite science units.
We have a wonderful selection of NASA posters.
Biology teachers, we have been given an amazing assortment of pipettes and pipette tips.
We have small aprons to help keep your little scientist’s clothes clean.
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Distribution
Retail Center
Teachers’ resources are stretched to the limit and many have to purchase basic materials, including pencils, paper and pens, out of their own funds. At the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space 2005 Conference in Long Beach, SGEEI staff spotted teachers carrying bags of goods out to their cars. They had rummaged through trash cans pulling out pens, pencils, calculators and notepads that the exhibitors had thrown away. This happens all the time in San Diego, a mecca for science and technology conventions and conferences, big and small. These events typically have exhibit areas where vendors display products and give away items, many of which are of great value to teachers. What they don’t use they throw away. This also happens in government and commercial offices whenever an annual marketing campaign ends, companies merge, change their names or decide to leave behind materials when they move.
Our solution? STTRC volunteers collect, sort, shelve and display these teacher treasures for pick up after school and Saturdays. The retail center also displays the donated resource materials obtained from conventions, companies and government agencies.
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