The concept of Trash for Teachers T4T began in 2004 when Steve and Kathy Stanton started taking their own manufacturing byproducts and overruns to their son’s preschool to be used in class projects. These were things from their specialty packaging factory, like die-cut cardboard hearts, ribbons, and long cardboard tubes. The children loved the materials and found many creative ways to use them.
Tito Guillen has been with Trash 4 Teachers from the early beginnings. Starting out he would drive around town picking up unwanted items from the warehouses. Tito is their fabricator and master craftsman, as well as the go-to guy for items in the warehouse. In the last few years, Berkeley Ergonomics has donated many tons of remnants, discards, and off-cuts from our mattress factory.
T4T is now under the umbrella of Two Bit Circus
