We are happy to accept your donations. Please follow these 3 steps:

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1. Read our list of accepted materials below.

2. Bring your donation in a box, bin or bag that we can keep.

3. Organize like materials in bags before packing in a box. 

 

Donations are accepted during retail hours; no appointment needed.

We will look through your donation and return items we are not accepting.

If you have questions about your donated items or your items are not on the list, please contact us.

 

 

​No thank you:

• Home decor

• Clothes

• Short colored pencils

• Paper that’s been cut or written on

• Bottles of paint with too little paint left or dried out

• Scraps of foam or felt

• Dried up glue sticks

• Painted on canvas

• Sticker sheets with missing stickers

• Journals/sketchbooks/coloring books with a lot of used pages

• Styrofoam

• House paint

• Scraps of wire

• Scrap metal

• Crusty paint brushes

• Dried clay, Play doh or Glue

• Books or Pamphlets 
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Yes please!

Art and Craft Supplies

• Adhesives

• Art Aprons/Smocks

• Art Drawing Tools (markers, pencils, pens, etc.)

• Art Portfolios

• Art Paper

• Art/Jewelry Storage Containers

• Balloons

• Baskets

• Beads

• Bells

• Bingo Daubers

• Brayers

• Blenders (art)

• Bubbles

• Candles (no jar or tin candles)

• Candle Making Supplies

• Canvases (new & painted)

• Carabiners

• Cardboard Sheets (greater than 8.5" x 10")

• CD Cases (no CDs)

• Charcoal

• Chipboard

• Clay & Clay Tools

• Clothespins

• Coffee Filters

• Colored Pencils

• Coloring/Activity Books

• Construction Paper

• Cookie Cutters

• Cord & Laces

• Cotton Balls & Q-tips

• Craft Felt

• Craft Kits (new)

• Craft Foam

• Craft Wood (letters, numbers and shapes less than 3" and balsa)

• Cutting Tools & Mats

• Crayons

• Doilies (paper)

• Doll Parts and Supplies

• Drawing & Sketch Boards/Pads

• Easels

• Ephemera

• Erasers (art)

• Feathers

• Film Canisters

• Floral and accessories

• Foil Paper & Gold Leaf

• Gems

• Glue, (fine art & craft, partial containers accepted)

• Glitter

• Googly Eyes

• Grommets & Grommet Tools

• Hot Glue Guns & Glue Sticks

• Interior & Tile Samples (3" or less)

• Jewelry Making Supplies & Tools

• Lids (Shatto only)

• Lights (Studio) and Light Boxes

• Loose Game Pieces

• Magnets

• Maps

• Marbles/Glass Beads

• Mat Board (8" x 10" or larger)

• Medals

• Miniatures

• Musical Instruments (small)

• Mirrors (12"x12" or smaller)

• Napkins

• Packing Peanuts (biodegradable only)

• Paint (spray, craft, and fine art)

• Paint Brushes

• Palettes

• Paper Cutters

• Paper Grocery Bags

• Paper Lanterns

• Paper Lunch Bags

• Paper Making Supplies

• Paper Plates and Cups

• Paper Punches

• Party Goods (generic decor only)

• Pastels (oil or chalk)

• Photography Slides

• Pipe Cleaners

• Photos

• Plastic Bins & Containers

• Plastic Pouch Lids (cleaned)

• Plastic Utensils (unused)

• Play-doh and Tools

• Pom Poms

• Pool Noodles

• Popsicle Sticks

• Postcards

• Raffle Tickets

• Rope, String, Twine, and Paracord

• Rotary Cutter & Blades

• Rubberband Loom & Bands

• Sand (craft, colored)

• Scissors

• Scrapbooking Paper & Supplies

• Shrinky Dinks

• Shells

• Soldering Gun

• Solvents (fine art)

• Silk Screen Tools

• Stained Glass and Supplies

• Stamp Pads

• Straws

• Styrofoam (Craft and Floral only)

• Stencils (Fine Art & Architectural only)

• T-Squares and Rulers

• Tablecloths (plastic)

• Tackle/Tool Box

• Tape

• Tape Measures

• Tiles (bright colors only <3")

• Tissue Paper

• Tokens/Coins

• Tongue Depressors

• Toothpicks

• Triangles

• Twistables

• Varnishes (fine art)

• Vinyl Letters

• Wood Burning Tools

• Wreath Forms (for doors)

• Yardsticks
  
  School/Office Supplies

• Binder Clips

• Binder Rings

• Calculators

• Bulletin Board Letters & Decor

• Chalk

• Clipboards

• Compasses

• Composition Books

• Crayons

• Erasers (pencil & dry erase)

• Extension Cords

• File Folders

• Filler/Notebook Paper

• Full Tissue Boxes

• Glue & Glue Sticks (partial accepted)

• Graph Paper

• Hanging File Folders (NO olive green)

• Headphones

• Hole Punch (single)

• Index Cards & Holders

• Journals (decorative)

• Labels

• Laminating Sheets/Pouches

• Laminators (desktop)

• Language Arts Materials & Manipulatives

• Legal Pads (small & large)

• Locker Shelf

• Magnifying Glasses

• Markers

• Math Manipulatives

• Mechanical Pencil Lead & Erasers

• Name Tags & Badges

• Notebooks & Spirals

• Notepads (decorative only)

• Office Paper

• Page Protectors

• Panel Clips

• Paper Clips

• Pencil Boxes & Pouches

• Pencil Grips

• Pencils

• Pencil Sharpeners

• Pens

• Pocket Folders

• Planners (not dated)

• Post It Notes

• Protractors

• Push Pins & Thumbtacks

• Receipt Paper Rolls

• Rubber Bands

• School Supplies (gently used)

• Science Tools & Manipulatives

• Scissors

• Sentence Strips

• Social Studies Tools & Manipulatives

• Staplers

• Staples

• Stickers (partial accepted)

• Sticky Tack & Command Hooks

• Tape (partial roll accepted)

• Transparencies

• Whiteboard Cleaner

• Whiteboards

• White Out
  
  Textiles

• Appliqués

• Batting & Stuffing

• Bias Tape

• Buckles

• Burlap

• Buttons

• Carpet Squares

• Cotton Quilting Scraps

• Crochet Hooks

• Crochet Thread

• Cross-Stitch, Needlepoint, & Embroidery Supplies

• Decorative Mesh

• Fabric (1/2 yard or more)

• Fur & Faux Fur

• Handiwork Supplies

• Home Dec (bolts only)

• Interfacing

• Knitting Supplies

• Iron-On and Sew-on Patches

• Lace

• Leather

• Leather Tools & Dyes

• Sewing Supplies

• Thread Spools (plastic, wood, cardboard, & industrial)

• Trim, Cording & Tassels

• Tulle

• Velcro

• Yarn (neatly wrapped skeins, cakes, spools or balls)

• Zippers

 

 

We kindly ask that all donations be clean and:

• Free of human/animal hair, dirt, mold, debris

• No water damaged items

• Free of smoke or musty smells

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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YOU TOTALLY ROCK.