Free-cycling office-supply swap set for Aug. 24

FROM RICE NEWS STAFF REPORTS

Rice’s popular Free-cycling event is set for Aug. 24 in
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center, with “shopping” hours from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m.

Offices across campus can donate items for the event by dropping
them off at Grand Hall between noon and 4 p.m. Aug. 23 or on the day of the
event.

Items to free-cycle include appointment books, binders,
business card holders, calculators, clipboards, coffee pots, cups, dividers,
organizers, easels and pads, envelopes, expanding files, FedEx shipping
supplies, file folders, hanging folders, highlighters, index cards, dividers,
index guides, interoffice envelopes, labels, note pads, paper clips, pens and
pencils, rubber bands, staplers and unused batteries. 

Large items, such as whiteboards or chairs, should be submitted by photograph,
with contact information attached. 

Items that can be listed on Rice Classifieds should not be donated for the
event. 

Recycling bins will be available for old batteries, cell phones, empty toner
and ink cartridges, bubble wrap, packing peanuts and electronics. Contact Marc
Scarborough in IT at marcs@rice.edu to
have any data devices cleaned before dropping them off.

Any items that remain at the end of the event will be donated to a charitable
organization.

Delivery Services is seeking volunteers to help set up the event Aug. 23 and
24. To volunteer or for more information about Free-cycling, contact Ute
Franklin, umf@rice.edu.