You just might have a mound of material in your community going out
into the dumpster....
Do you have an art resource center? Maybe they could get a grant to
start an ArtScraps Store for educators?
http://www.artstart.org/
Click on ReUse Store... also see the kind of materials they are
searching for....Might help you in writing up your own Wish List to
send out to parents.
If you can find a space.... this might be a fun project for your art
club to take on. Calling local businesses to see what trash they have
that can be turned to treasures.
This link was posted to the Altered Book Yahoo list.