Work in progress :)
Together, we have diverted 13,055 pounds of creative supplies from the waste stream and made them available to our community.
as of July 25, 2026, tracked since Fall 2025 Craft Supply Swap
Recent article about us in Park County Community Journal
Donated Supplies Received this Year: 7,993.01 pounds as of July 25, 2026
Includes:
375 pounds from Giving Art to Missoula
Spring Craft Supply Swap at Eagle Mount Bozeman: 2,608.2 pounds
Livingston Spring Mini Craft Supply Swaps: 253 pounds
Volunteer Hours
Creative Reuse Montana, as of April 1: 231.15 (desk shifts, sorting and stocking, class instruction...)
Spring Craft Supply Swap at Eagle Mount: 184 during drop-offs and swap day (32 super volunteers)
More about the Spring Craft Supply Swap at Eagle Mount:
1 amazing location for drop-offs, sorting, and Swap Day!! Thank you, Eagle Mount!!
33 tables of craft supplies
200 total people to came to get craft supplies
101 people dropped off supplies at Eagle Mount
What communities did swappers come from? Bozeman - 79; Belgrade - 16; Livingston, Three Forks, Helena - 6
96 people who dropped off supplies and returned during early swapper shopping
1,607.07 pounds of craft supplies that could new homes
1,000.13 pounds of leftovers ready for the next part of their journey to find new homes!
4 organizations that received leftover craft supplies
Donated Supplies Received
Fall 2025 Craft Supply Swap: 4,126.5 pounds
Creative Reuse Montana, 10/26-11/23: 1,356 pounds
750 from swap leftovers (everything else found new homes at the swap!)
330 from Giving Art to Missoula
196 from individuals
80 from Second Hand Rose Thrift Store (Bozeman Senior Center)
Volunteer Hours
Creative Reuse Montana, since Nov 3: 103.25 (19 active volunteers!)
Fall 2025 Craft Supply Swap: 98 (27 super volunteers)
People Reached
Fall 2025 Craft Supply Swap: 224 total people who came to get supplies
Creative Reuse Montana: 230 came into the shop since we started having hours or attended events