Donated Items Should Be Ones

You'd Be Proud To Sell To A Friend!

We know our supporters that make donations have the best intentions when they bring us items to resell for the participating nonprofits. But, when we receive stuff that's dirty, broken, damaged or has no resale value, it costs precious money in labor and disposal costs to deal with them. High fuel prices have caused disposal costs to skyrocket!

We understand that it can be hard to figure out the potential value of some items you'd like to donate. If you follow the general guidelines below it will help ensure that the things you do donate have the best chance of being resold to the benefit of the participating nonprofits. 

 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DECLINE DONATIONS

General Tips

• Cross reference items you're thinking of donating to the list below to help ensure they are items we can accept
• Check the pockets of clothing for jewelry, money and other items you might not want to donate
• Place clothing into different bags or boxes than those used for household items
• RETAIN EXCESS WIRE HANGERS, we have absolutely no use for more hangers, but thanks for the thought!
  
• Ensure clothing is clean, free of pet hair and stains and is no more than 5 years old; household goods are clean, plastic items not stained or warped
  
• Test electrical equipment and battery-operated stuff to make sure they work
• Include all pieces/parts to games, toys and small electrical appliances
  

Donating DO's:

• Ask yourself if you would proudly sell the item to a friend or relative before you donate it. If you wouldn't - we can't use it
• Leave donations at the store only during open business hours. Donations dropped outside are stolen.
• Wash all clothing. We DO NOT wash clothing. If we can't immediately hang it on a hanger and have it look relatively wrinkle free and appealing, we can't use it.
• Discard all small, odd-bits of toys/games; plastic cups and free promo items/mugs; shoes that are NOT completely clean, new and only worn no more than a few times
  

Donating Don'ts:

• Broken, 'needs minor repair', soiled items or bed pillows
• Don't leave donations outside when the store is closed - they are stolen or left all over the parking lot
  
• Household trash/plastic bags/excess hangers/ribble-rabble
• Items that you know have been recalled, banned or don't meet current safety standards
• Furniture in need of repair, cleaning or reupholstering
• Large furniture/appliances, sleep sofas, mattresses, box springs, ceiling fans, building materials, paints, televisions/computers, used auto parts, exercise equipment/sports equipment
• ANY CHILDREN'S ITEM THAT HOLDS A CHILD: cribs, strollers, car seats, play pens, wash tubs, high chairs. Insurance prohibits us from selling these.
  

ITEMS WE CAN RESELL:

• Clean family clothing less than 5 years old in good repair
• Almost new, clean footwear
• Current paper and hard back books (excluding textbooks/encyclopedias)
• CD's, VHS and DVD's
• Housewares - dishes, utensils, clean and undamaged pots and pans
• Lamps with undamaged shades
• Giftware (non-personalized/non-promotional free items)
• Clean, undamaged small furniture (small dressers, tables,bookcases, chairs)
• Antiques and collectibles
• Jewelry
• Clean domestics - curtains, linens and bedspreads

ITEMS WE CAN'T RESELL/WILL NOT ACCEPT:

• Furnitue in need of repair, soiled, torn
• TV cabinets/consoles/large office furniture/stereo consoles/mattresses/box springs/bed rails/sofa beds
• Home improvement cast offs - light and bathroom fixtures/door hardware/paint/ceiling fans/windows/medicine cabinets
• Newspaper/magazines/textbooks
• Windows/screens/shutters/doors
• Excess hangers
• Window blinds and curtain rods
• Pet houses
• Pianos and organs
• Pool tables
• Stereos/radios/tvs
• A/C Units
• Food items
• Any gas-powered equipment
• Sporting goods
• Bicycles
• Software
• Computers