NWR: Salvation Army or something similar

Danes983

Hey ladies.  SO DH and I have found a townhouse and we close on March 11.  Our family and friends were so generous at my shower that I got a lot of new things to replace our old ones.  Dishes, Pots, glasses, utensils ect.  I was thinking about donating to the salvation army, but they dont seem to have one anywhere near me.  Does anyone know of a similar place? I live in central jersey looking for pick up not drop off.  Any suggestions will be awesome.

Heather822

We donate to the vets... they come right to the house, you just leave all the stuff outside your front door!

http://www.scheduleapickup.com/

peaches85

Unique Thrift Stores  There are actually several different locations...
http://www.imunique.com/.  You have to call and get the number of their pick up/drop off company, I believe.

New Jersey

• Elizabeth
• Hawthorne
• Paterson
• South Plainfield
• Union City
• Union
• Watchung

Also, you can go onto www.freecycle.org.

And there's a place called The Lord's Closet on Route 22 in Whitehouse.

erpooh15

Big brother bid sister come and pick up and the lupus foundation also picks up at your home. I have used the vietnam vets before. It is nic ejust schedule a pick up onlne and put your stuff out the day they come and they leave a receipt for your taxes. No lugging and dragging items anywhere.
Good Luck.. I will be doing that soon also as we are moving in March...

KarKarnj

I would try and research a homeless shelter or a battered women's shelter. You may be inconvenienced to brining it to them but you know it will go to a good and needed cause.

http://www.distel.ca/womlist/countries/usa/newjersey.html

annandted86

Or look up Goodwill; they have locations all over.

37 Butter Knives

Unique is a for-profit venture that buys most of its inventory from charity donations.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/unique_thrift_stores_are_newes.html

... unease in the non-profit community about how Unique Thrift obtains its eclectic merchandise.... Goodwill and the Salvation Army directly receive donated goods, privately train their workers to sort and restore the goods and then sell them out of their own stores, keeping overhead at a minimum.

Unique is not a charity. It is a massive for-profit business that contracts with charities to pick up and buy their donated goods at bulk rates and keeps whatever it makes on resale, according to the company and the charities.

Just something you should know about. It's probably a great place to shop, but perhaps not someplace you should donate to. Directly, anyway. Do Goodwill instead.

xstarx05x

I need to do this! actually put a similar post on the gifts/registry board. I feel weird about giving away cutlery though--do they sterilize it or something?