Greener Good

06/07/2026

Please RSVP on our website to join us for our Grand Reopening & 7th Birthday Celebration event on Sat June 27th! We'll have raffles all day, FREE Make & Take Crafts, Arts & Crafts Demos, and the chance for you to customize your own Greener Good t-shirt! Plus, you'll be able to shop our big selection of inventory. https://greenergood.square.site/product/grand-reopening-7th-birthday-celebration-sat-june-27-10-00a-3-00p/VKLLVHVSH5FDQSVR445G7XWW?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=AZJ4NOTDNIJEDZKOD6T2S7YM

06/04/2026

Our incredible friends are once again hosting a HUGE Yard Sale to benefit us! Please stop by 6/5 & 6/6 if you're in the area!
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They'll have apparel fabrics, fleece, flannel, upholstery fabric, vintage fabric and more.
Cotton Fabric $10 a pound.
Other Fabric, 30 cents an ounce.
Quilting Books and magazines $2-5 each.
Fat Quarters, charm packs, and fabric sets priced as marked.

Hundreds of quilting books and patterns, quilt sets, and sewing notions.

Some cross stitch items and hundreds of pounds of Fleece, Flannel, Upholstery and home decor fabric.

Candles, collectibles, and snow globes, Party Lite items BNIB, Snow Babies BNIB. and one of a kind ceramics.

Huge Christmas Decor section! Christmas in JUNE!!!

There is also furniture, Home Goods, home decor, some craft items, clothing and more.

Plus, bulk Lego bins -- by the Gallon bag or by the oz.

06/04/2026

Only 2 weeks left until we open on June 17th at our twice-as-big space! Address: 935 E. Rand Road in Arlington Heights.

06/04/2026

Wednesday, June 17th the Greener Good creative reuse resale shop is resuming our days and hours!!! We'll be open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11a - 6p + Saturdays and Sundays from 10a - 3p

We have missed everyone and cannot wait to hear what you think about the new space. The two unexpected months of being closed allowed us to have an even better setup than we had hoped for!

Also, we have our Grand Reopening + 7th birthday celebration on Saturday, June 27th from 10a - 3p. Check out the link in the comments for more information about this event. Registrations would be so helpful so we can plan accordingly! There will be arts and crafts demonstrations, Make & Take time, a fundraising raffle and Greener Good shirts for purchase that you can customize at the event!

06/01/2026

Our kids' arts and craft camps are the creative outlet your child needs this summer! Each week has a different theme, everything from making miniatures to sewing!
Details and dates: https://greenergood.square.site/shop/camps/5PRGVUOBJQJPWOBUP3QW6KIK

05/31/2026

We have events listed on our registration page through July! Here's just a handful of them: Printmaking fun! Kids Arts & Crafts Camp, Sip and Stitch - 2nd Thursdays, FREE Crafternoon: Father's Day Cards, Visualize Your Future: A Hands-On Vision Board Workshop, plus our Grand Reopening Celebration on June 27.

See the full list and sign up at https://greenergood.square.site/

05/26/2026

Thank you to the Daily Herald's Matt Brady for doing a story on Greener Good and our new location! We are so excited to open the reuse shop on June 17th and to have our big Grand Reopening Celebration on Saturday, June 27th - it will also be our organization's 7th year anniversary too.

The volunteers, community, teachers, donors and amazing creative folks have made this growth possible and won't it be wonderful for new folks to discover what fun we have at Greener Good?!

Want to be part of the group of volunteers making this all possible? Keep your eyes open for our calendar updates (through our volunteer webpage) to see openings starting again in June. We'll be so happy to have volunteers to help with donation drop-offs, sorting donations, supporting shoppers, helping with our open studio days/times, leading workshops.

Amanda Moller can hardly believe the business she co-founded with her mom in her garage nearly seven years ago has grown tenfold. Now, Moller and her mother, Beth Parsons, have shifted their operation...

05/22/2026

Kids love creating with us! Why not sign them up for our Kids Arts & Crafts Camp: Memorial Day THIS MONDAY morning!? We also have Summer Camps where each week has a new theme.

These photos are from yesterday's event at Library District. We had so much fun watching the children let their imaginations come to life. They made rocket ships, the space station, and so much more.