Organizations You Can Donate Your Old Stuff To

Posted on 13. Apr, 2010 by Linda in Website Resource

Animal shelters are often desperate for donations of soft blankets, thick towels and linens to use in their animal cages. To find a shelter near you, visit Pets911.com.
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, ncadv.org, accepts used cell phones and gives them to women who might need one in an emergency.
To find local organizations that accept used computers, televisions, cell phones and empty ink cartridges, visit Earth911.com/electronics.
The Get-Well Gamers Foundation, getwellgamers.org, collects video-game systems and games and distributes them to a network of more than 40 children’s hospitals and treatment facilities across the country.
Donate old suits, dresses, work-appropriate clothes and accessories to DressForSuccess.org, a non profit that helps disadvantaged women find and maintain employment.
Visit DonateMyDress.org to find locations in your area where you can donate prom dresses and formal wear for underprivileged young women.
If you have DVDs your kids no longer watch, contribute them to children’s hospitals and pediatric wards via KidFlicks.org.
The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, inspired by the movie, reburbishes used instruments and gives them to underfunded school music programs. Visit mhopus.org for more information.