Dad finds wonderful use for leftover crayons
Bryan Ware was celebrating his own birthday at a restaurant with his wife and two sons when a waitress gave his kids crayons which they used to draw on the tablecloth.
The thought struck him, "what happens to these crayons after we leave if we don’t take them with us?" Mr Ware told The Mighty.
That night Mr Ware made it his mission to come up with a way to put those unwanted crayons to use and touch as many children’s lives as possible.
Two years later, Mr Ware created a non-profit organisation called The Crayon Initiative. The organisation takes unwanted crayons from places such as restaurants and schools and recycles them into new ones.
The organisation then hands them to hospitals and schools across California.
Mr Ware's process is simple: the melted wax is placed into a special crayon mold which has been designed specifically for small children and kids with special needs to be able to operate during the crayon-making process.
The crayons are then boxed up and delivered to children of all ages in hospitals.
Mr Ware hopes these crayons can help these kids express themselves artistically to development and communicate what they want to say but can't, by drawing it on paper.
“From my perspective, the biggest goal is to give them an escape,” Mr Ware said.
“I can’t even fathom what these kids are going through. If these crayons give them an escape from that hospital room for ten minutes, we did our job.”
The Crayon Initiative supports the environment by diverting crayons from landfills as they are not biodegradable and will never break down, leaving a waxy sludge in the environment.
To learn more about the organisation visit its website RIGHT HERE..
