The Athens County Public Libraries, or ACPL, are official partners with UpCycle Ohio: Community MakerSpace projects, and together, the two organizations have been able to foster a system that is beneficial for everyone involved.
Erin Hogan, associate librarian on the adult programming team at ACPL, said one of the things the organizations want to emphasize and support is to create opportunities for people in the area to upcycle.
“We thought along the lines as a partnership, that we could do a program that would allow area teams to have some options for DIY fashion, specifically related to prom preparations on a budget, and see what they could make that would be really unique just for them, but also incorporate upcycling,” Hogan said.
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