Places to Donate
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Baby Gear Resale
Simply call or fill out a pickup request form and the friendly staff will pick up your items, photograph and sell your stuff online. Once they sell your item(s) they send you a check! It's that easy! www.showmethemoneybaby.com
Hand-me-Downs
A website where parents can buy, sell, swap, or even give away for free their gently used children and baby goods. http://www.handmedowns.com/los-angeles
Books
Free pick-ups. Donations pay for the tutoring of homeless children
877-877-4080 http://booksforpeople.org/
Paperback Swap Club allows you to mail in a book and receive a book from another member. www.paperbackswap.com
BooksIntoCash
A place to see if you can sell textbooks. They offer instant online quotes. When you sell textbooks to them, shipping is FREE and the payment is quick.
BookEnds, a nonprofit organization based in Southern California, is about Kids Helping Kids. BookEnds' recycles children's books through student-run book drives and places them in schools and youth organizations in need of books.
http://www.bookends.org/donate_books.htm
Cash4Books is an online service that offers to give instant price quotes, fast payment, and exceptional customer service. Online since 2004, Cash4Books™ has purchased over one million used books nationwide. We offer our services to college students selling their college textbooks, and also to everyday people selling their hardcover/paperback fiction/non-fiction. www.cash4books.net/
Building Materials
Local builders, contractors, businesses and individuals are encouraged to donate new or previously owned re-usable materials, as well as inventory that is overstocked or discontinued. San Gabriel Valley ReStores provide a green alternative and cost-effective means for disposal of items that would normally be thrown away. They accept donations Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. They pick up donations Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 626-387-6900
http://www.habitat.org/cd/frame/frameset.aspx?url=sgvhabitat.org
Cell Phones
CALL to PROTECT® is a national philanthropic program aimed at combating domestic violence. All donated phones are sent to our logistical partner, ReCellular, Inc., where they are either refurbished and sold, or recycled. One hundred percent of the net proceeds generated by the sale of the refurbished phones are used to make grants to national organizations working to end family violence. All phones donated that are obsolete or damaged are recycled according to strict environmental standards. http://www.wirelessfoundation.org/CalltoProtect//donate.cfm
Crayons
The CRAYON RECYCLE PROGRAM takes unwanted, rejected, broken crayons to a better place, where they’ll be recycled into fresh, new crayons!
800-561-0922 www.crazycrayons.com
DVDs for Kids
They provide "movie libraries" to children's hospitals and pediatric departments in the U.S. and South Africa
Mail DVD's to Barta/Kid Flicks, 11755 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles. CA 90025. #1450
Electronics
Good Will is an authorized e-waste recycler. They take all electronics working or not. Old, new, party disassembled, they don't care. They get paid to recycle the items http://www.goodwill.org/
Greeting Cards
St Judes Ranch for Children
People from all over the world send their used card fronts! The children participate in making the new recycled cards by removing the front and attaching a new back made with recycled paper. The new card is a beautiful, “green” card made by the children and volunteers. The benefits are two-fold: customers receive "green" holiday cards for use and the children receive payment for their work and learn the benefits and importance of "going green". 1-877-977-SJRC (7572)
Hair & Nylon Hose collected to clean up Oil Spills
Miscellaneous Goods
Will take things like leftover remodeling supplies and other hard to get rid of things. Provide pick-up. Proceeds used to promote AIDS Awareness
800.370.9444 www.thecatalyst-foundation.org
Pass on items to people in need who live in your neighborhood. Just enter your zipcode to find families nearby. http://www.helpneighbors.com/
National Council of Jewish Women Thrift Stores
They can provide pickup and also send you a receipt listing the value of your donation http://www.ncjwla.org/council_thrift_shops/
Goodwill accepts new and used items like clothing, furniture, and household items. They also take electronics such as computers, printers, and cell phones that are no longer reusable, wipe them clean and recycle them.
Salvation Army accepts new and used items like clothing, furniture and household items. Pickups can be arranged. 1-800-SA-TRUCK (1-800-728-7825)
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org
Musical Instruments
Hungry for Music is a 501 (c)(3) charity organization with a nationwide and international outreach. Hungry for Music’s mission is to inspire underprivileged children (and others) by bringing positive musical and creative experiences into their lives. Give your old instrument a second life in the hands of a child who really needs it. They usually do not accept pianos, but feel free to contact them. They accept everything else in any condition! 240-582-6193 or 202-674-3000
Shoes
Soles4Souls facilitates the donations of shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Shoe companies, retailers, and individuals can donate footwear (both new and used). Soles4Souls is a 501(c)(3) recognized by the IRS, and donating parties are eligible for tax advantages. www.soles4souls.org
Nike’s Reuse a Shoe Program has provided Nike Grind recycled material to nearly 300 sport and playground surfacing projects donated by Nike programs in communities around the world – in addition to the thousands of commercial projects
Every day sports enthusiasts go through countless pairs of running and other athletic shoes. We offer the first online recycling and donation directory that helps people find these local and international shoe recycling programs. Find the best recycling and donation alternatives for your used running shoes and footwear today!
http://www.recycledrunners.com/
Stuffed Animals
Stuffed Animals for Emergencies (S.A.F.E) chapter members collect new and gently used stuffed animals, toys, books and blankets to be redistributed to emergency organizations, children’s services, hospitals, homeless shelters and many other places that help children during times of crisis. These emergency organizations use the stuffed animals to ease the children’s nerves and calm their fears. Your donations let the children know you care and help them feel a little more SAFE when they need it most.
www.stuffedanimalsforemergencies.org
Wedding Dresses
There are a handful of organizations where a bride can donate her used wedding dress but two major ones stand out. The Making Memories Foundation is one of the most notable wedding dress donation groups with its Brides Against Breast Cancer fund raising events. These events take donated wedding dresses from individuals, bridal shops, and designers and sell these dresses at lower cost, up to 80% off the original price on some wedding gowns. The non-profit organization has several wedding dress selling events in many locations. These events help brides-to-be find affordable dresses for their weddings and the proceeds from the donated dresses go to help grant wishes to women and men with cancer.
http://bridesagainstbreastcancer.org/
