Found Treasures

September 25, 2007

Lupe Gallegos, a head custodian at Buena High School in Ventura, California

Found In: reduce, reuse & recycle, classroom furniture

I am a head custodian at a high school and collect lots of unwanted furniture from teachers. Most of the furniture is in good shape, but the teacher just doesn’t have a use for it anymore. It was always difficult to find new owners for these items, and many times they would go to the dump.

I decided to do something different. I bought a digital camera, took pictures of all the furniture I had and sent out a massive email to all the staff informing them of the items. I could not believe that all of the items were gone in just one day! I received emails from the staff telling me what a great idea that was! I hope that you will pass this tip on to the custodial staff at your sites.

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Sandra | 2012/05/25

At one school where I worked, at the end of the school year we put furniture we didn't need for the next year in the hall outside our clasroom door. Teachers put their name and room number on furniture they wanted. The system was simple and effective.

Susan | 2012/05/18

Great idea, I always thought that would be a good way to return lost and found items to families, a link could be posted on the school's web site for folks to check.

Diane Postman | 2012/05/17

This is a wonderful idea. Schools waste a lot of money buying furniture when there are usable pieces out there.

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