Charities that Pick Up Items at your Home
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Sept 2002
Does anyone know of any charities that will come to the
house to pick up stuff? These are things we were going to
sell at a garage sale but never got around to having the
sale. I used to get a postcard every few months from an
organization that helped disabled people and that offered
to pick up our unused stuff, but that was a long time ago.
Thanks.
Rebecca
CARH (California Association for Retarded and Handicapped) can be reached at
1-800-792-2274 for home pick-ups. The items need to be in such
condition that they can be re-sold at their store in El Sobrante. They have no facilities for
refinishing or repairing items and will leave them behind if
they fall outside their guidelines. As there is practically no used kids-clothing store buying our
cast-offs since Tiddlywinks closed, CARH is a good
option.
Into Recycling Too
The Community Assistance for the Retarded and Handicapped
calls us about once a month. They come by the house and
pickup whatever we leave in front and leave a tax receipt.
They don't want big stuff but will take clothing, toys and
general household stuff. They sell stuff at Thrift Town on
San Pablo Dam Rd., and I admit I haven't checked into them
too carefully because sometimes it's really nice to just
have the stuff gone. Their phone number is (800)792-2274.
We've had the Bay Area Rescue Mission come pickup big stuff
like furniture, but they won't come for bags of clothes and
toys. We take lots of stuff to the Goodwill trailer at the
EC Recylcing Center, but they won;t do pickups.
Cathy
CARH (Community Assistance for the Retarded and Handicapped)
does household pick ups. Call 1 800 660-6426 or 510 758- 1441.
Kathy
United Cancer Research does pickup...1-800-443-4224. The
East Bay Depot is a non-profit organization and they also
pick up items...510-547-6535. I haven't used either one yet
so can't speak to reliability, etc.
Kana
I recently had some miscellaneous household items to donate
and just couldn't find the time to get to the drop bin.
Then an article in the local paper mentioned that the San
Leandro Women's Shelter was seeking donations. They have a
new 52-apartment facility at the old Alameda Naval Station
that's designed to help battered/homeless women and
children begin rebuilding their lives. See Building Futures
with Women and Children at http://www.bfwc.org or (510) 357-
0205 ext. 107. Apparently the coordinator collects and
warehouses the donations. Then families may submit
wishlists for items they need. They also have a children's
center and community room that need furnishing. The
residential manager from BFWC gladly came to our home at our
convenience (Sunday morning!) to pick up our donations. I
felt so much better knowing that our items were going to
someone who could really use them rather than just to a
resale shop. --- Joyce
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