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Together, we have diverted 18,556.22 pounds of creative supplies from the waste stream and made them available to our community.
as of October 12, 2026, tracked since Fall 2025 Craft Supply Swap
Read: Another Larger Venue for Fall Craft Supply Swap (Sept. 25, 2026), Park County Community Journal
Recent article about Creative Reuse Montana in Park County Community Journal (July 17, 2026)
Read an article about the Fall Craft Supply Swap (Sept. 25, 2026), Park County Community Journal
Donated Supplies Received this Year: 13,823.72 as of October 12, 2026
Includes:
104.10 pounds from the network of creative reuse centers in Montana!
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
Fall 2026 Craft Supply Swap: 2,556.05 pounds
Volunteer Hours
Creative Reuse Montana, as of April 1: 231.15 hours (desk shifts, sorting and stocking, class instruction...)
Spring Craft Supply Swap at Eagle Mount: 184 hours during drop-offs and swap day (32 super volunteers)
Fall 2026 Craft Supply Swap at Park County Fairgrounds: 171 hours during drop-offs, swap day, and cleanup! (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