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What to do with Mardi Gras Beads and Throws

Mardi Gras is over and you want to discard your beads and throws and instead of putting them in the closet and forgetting them, why not recycling!

Stuffed Animals

All those stuffed animals you just caught in the past 2 weeks are now piled in your corner. The ones with krewe names and dates are very hard to re-sell. Consider dropping them off at a local pet shelter. A homeless pup would love a little something to snuggle with.

Another suggestion: find a local women’s and children’s shelter that can use them.

ArcGNO will always take them off your hands too.

Mardi Gras Cups

Caught more cups than you need? Well, don’t throw them into your recycling bin. They won’t be recycled – they will only be sorted and then sent to a landfill. Here’s our suggestions: donate them to ArcGNO or find a local art studio that needs them! Lots of artists use the cups for their paint brushes. 

Mardi Gras Beads

If you’re real crafty, you can upcycle the beads into future costumes and wreaths. If crafting isn’t your game, then you need to donate them to ArcGNO. ArcGNO takes your unwanted Mardi Gras throws and turns them into jobs. They employ people with intellectual disabilities to sort through, repackage, and resell your discarded throws. With locations ALL over the metro area, there is no reason you can’t drop them off.

Here is a list of all their drop off sites: (Check to see if these sites are still available)

• Metairie Community Center – 925 Labarre Rd, Metairie, LA 70001
• Uptown Community Center – 1771 Nashville Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115
• Chalmette Community Center – 3700 Jean Lafitte Pkwy., Chalmette
• Northshore Community Center – 106 East 25th Ave, Covington, LA 70433

Uptown

• Audubon Zoo – 6500 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70118
• Touro Synagogue – 4238 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115
• Loyola University at Biever Hall and Carrollton Hall – 6363 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118
• Whole Foods – 5600 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
• ArcGNO Uptown Community Center – 1771 Nashville Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115
• Latter Branch Public Library – 5120 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115
• Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center – 4300 S Broad Ave, New Orleans, LA 70125
• Children’s Resource Center Library – 913 Napoleon Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115

New Orleans East

• East New Orleans Public Library – 5641 Read Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70127
• Audubon Louisiana Nature Center – 11000 Lake Forest Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70127
• Magnolia Physical Therapy – 2372 St. Claude Ave, Ste 104 New Orleans, LA 70117
• The Green Project – 7243, 2831 Marais St, New Orleans, LA 70117
• Alvar Library – 913 Alvar St, New Orleans, LA 70117

Mid-City

• Norman Mayer Library – 3001 Gentilly Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70122

Metairie

• Rouses – 2701 Airline Dr, Metairie, LA 70001
• Jefferson Parish Library – East Bank Regional Library – 4747 West Napoleon Ave. Metairie, LA 70001
• Lafreniere Park – Near the Carousel – 3000 Downs Blvd, Metairie, LA 70003
• ArcGNO Metairie Community Center – 925 Labarre Rd, Metairie, LA 70001

Lakeview

• Robert E. Smith Public Library – 6301 Canal Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124

Westbank

• Jefferson Parish Library – West Bank Regional Library – 2751 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey, LA 70058
• ArcGNO Westwego Community Center – 333 Sala Ave, Westwego, LA 70094
• Algiers Regional Library – 3014 Holiday Dr, New Orleans, LA 70131
• Cita Dennis Hubbell Branch Library – 725 Pelican Ave, New Orleans, LA 70114

Reference:  POSTED BY LESLIE HEINDEL  

 

Be a good New Orleanian and don’t throw them in the trash!