Become Part of the Earth’s Equation

ANNUAL REPORT2008

From The Executive DirectorWhen you reduce, reuse or recycle, you become part of the earth's equation.

The average American discards 7.5 pounds of garbage every day. Without recycling, we add unneeded pressure to our environment -- from our forests, to our deserts and to our oceans, by extracting more and more resources.

Enter the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery to help solve this environmental problem by teaching kids to be creative and take care of the planet. At our 15,000 square foot facility in Indio, California, more than a quarter of a million visitors of all ages learn the Four R’s - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Responsibility.

Founded in 1997, the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery transforms things tossed into great works of art, helping to renew, respond and resolve.

Field trips to the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, special projects, new exhibitions and outreach services are integral to the Gallery program as it achieves student involvement in recycling/art issues and communicates with the general public the need for ongoing environmental awareness and practices.

The 2008-09 year has been exciting for the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery as it continues to address the environmental concerns of both the local and global communities. We are committed along with students from all over to make a difference which will equal prosperity for our planet.

-Karen Riley

Mission Statement

The mission of the Student Creative Recycle Art Program (S.C.R.A.P. Gallery) is to actively engage youth as stewards of their environment through a concentrated, artistic, hands-on, educational effort stressing the Four R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Responsibility.

Practicing The Four R’s

Accomplishments• Gallery Eco, new exhibition space• Cans for Cash Program, Cathedral

City• Smithsonian Museum Day at the

S.C.R.A.P. Gallery• Recycle Bicycles Traveling

Exhibition• Indian Wells Arts Festival• Rancho Mirage Art Affaire • Earth Month Coachella Valley• Rio Vista Median Project,

Cathedral City• Creation and development of the

Recycle Program for AmeriCorps, Valley Partnership

• Palm Desert Holiday Card Recycling Program

• Rancho Mirage Holiday Card Recycling Program

• Library Outreach Programs in Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, La Quinta and Thousand Palms libraries

• Temecula Balloon Festival• Las Palmitas Elementary Mural

Project, Thermal• Bright Ideas Expo, Palm Desert• Indio Teen Center, Earth Month• Collaborative Programming with

Coachella Valley Arts Alliance & More For Art, Indio Juvenile Hall

Statistics

• S.C.R.A.P. Gallery recycles more than 100,000 pounds of trash and transforms it into art.

• School Field Trip attendance to the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery - 11,808• General Public attendance to the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery – 279,967• General Public attendance to the S.C.R.A.P. Annex – 63,024• Outreach Programs – 25,472

Awards• United States Congressional Record, Recognition

of the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, May 20, 2008, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

• Award of Excellence Community Issue, SAVVY 2008

• Silver Circle Award Printed Publication, Calendar, SAVVY 2008

• Citizen Participation Award, SAVVY 2008• Award of Achievement in Education, Natural

Resources Council of America• The Business Press, Top Companies of Inland

Southern California “Non-Profit” Category Finalist

• Earth Day Environmental Excellence Award, City of Cathedral City

• Governor’s Environmental & Economic Leadership Award Recognition

• Waste Reduction Award Winner, California Integrated Waste Management Board

• Keep California Beautiful Award, Best Nonprofit Public Education

• Best Grassroots Organization, Coachella Valley Clean Cities/U.S. Department of Energy

Governance & ManagementBoard of DirectorsSupervisor Roy Wilson, Honorary ChairScott Close, PresidentMarilyn Glassman, SecretaryDonna Pease, TreasurerXavier C. Cortez, Member-at-LargeChristine Murphy, Member-at-Large

Advisory BoardTracy DalyKathy DeRosaLisa Garvin CopelandDianne FunkLea Goodsell

Advisory Board continuedKay HazenRichard W. Kite Doris MechanickRon OdenCarlos ReyesMary RocheAdele RuxtonSherry Pound WestMichael H. Wilson

StaffKaren Riley, Executive DirectorProgram Assistant, Shanda Weaver

Locations

S.C.R.A.P. Gallery has two locations in California. The main facility is located at the Riverside County Fairgrounds in Indio. S.C.R.A.P. Annex is located at The Desert IMAX in Cathedral City.

S.C.R.A.P. GALLERY46-350 Arabia Street, Indio, CA 92201

Tel. 760/863-7777

Web www.scrapgallery.orEmail info@scrapgallery.org