Cincinnati Maryjo Flamm-Miller opens the trunk and takes out her five-year-old’s artwork. There is a bag first. After then, a box appears.
She can show me a lot.
Flamm-Miller teaches art. Although her entire name is written on a carton of school materials in the backseat, her students primarily refer to her as Miss Maryjo.
Making this was a true joy for them, Flamm-Miller remarked.
She unfolds a wide sheet of paper with squares of purple lines printed on it. She then opens a Tupperware container and demonstrates to me how it was created: elastic bands were wrapped around a white block and then pressed onto paper.
Everything was constructed using free materials that she obtained from Cincinnati’s Recycling and Reuse Hubin on Lower Price Hill. What’s amazing about all of this is that Flamm-Miller drove 2.5 hours to get here, which is more impressive than the deals she secured.
She also does it annually.
Watch the video below to see why:
Yes, because it’s inexpensive. Additionally, it motivates her, even if it’s 110 miles from her Chillicothe teaching location.
Let’s go look for anything,” Flamm-Miller remarked.
A volunteer presses a button inside the hub warehouse to activate the freight elevator.
According to Flamm-Miller, I’m frequently shocked by how much new teachers believe they must spend. You can use free or low-cost resources to accomplish a lot of worthwhile learning.
And Flamm-Miller is perspiring. She has been shopping for about an hour now, frequently pausing to show me something or catch my eye.
Flamm-Miller stated, “I never look for anything specific.” I simply show up to see what occurs.
Pencils, binders, and bottle caps cost $1 a pound, while tiling costs 25 cents. A few things are free. On top of one of the aisles are signed pictures, yarn, and a life-size head from the film “E.T.”
According to reuse manager Jerome Wilson, the possibilities are endless. You can get some great bargains if you visit this place frequently and are astute.
Customers bring in goods that curbside recycling does not accept on the first floor. Wilson’s team offers the even more difficult-to-recycle things on this floor.
And now Flamm-Miller is in line. She continues to perspire. However, she is also grinning.
She added, “They were too cool to pass up, but I’m not sure what I’m going to do with them.” Take a look at this. That will be very popular with my preschoolers.
She pulls her wheelbarrow cart out. Yarn. Apply paint. bottles for spraying. stickers. She then looks at the camera. She wishes to speak to every educator in our area.
“You must descend,” Flamm-Miller remarked. as quickly as feasible.
She says she got $29 worth of goods for six months and gives me the thumbs up. Wilson is grateful that she entered.
Wilson replied, “It’s a long drive from Chillicothe.”
According to Flamm-Miller, it’s worthwhile. Examine everything.
She smiles once more. When she gets to her car, she loads over thirty pounds of items into the trunk.
Flamm-Miller remarked, “What a wonderful day.”
Want to help?
According to hub staff, more rubbish has been dropped off by the public this year than during the entire previous year. In order to keep up, they closed for one week this month. To assist expand its capability, the nonprofit is soliciting money.
