3R's MISSION: Our mission is to ensure that students and classrooms have the basic tools for learning, by transferring surplus business supplies and merchandise into the hands of school children and teachers. 3R's STORY: We believe in happy endings. Each day, throughout the school year, children in Maine attend school without needed pencils, paper, and other basic supplies. At the same time, businesses in Maine dispose of these same basic items. 3R's transfers those unwanted supplies to children and their teachers. It is working. Since 1994, 3R's has given away more than $40 million worth of surplus furniture, paper, books, office supplies and computers to Maine schools and non-profits. In the end, it's good for kids, education, the environment, and business.