We appreciate your donations.
Our usual hours for drop-offs:
- Monday: 9:30am – 3:30pm
- Tuesday: 9:30am – 3:30pm
- Wednesday: 9:30am – 3:30pm
- Thursday: No drop-offs please; Receiving is closed.
- Friday: 9:30am – 3:30pm
- Saturday: 9:30am – 3:00pm
- Please note: We accept furniture and large items on Tuesdays and Saturdays only. (Even on these days, it’s best to call ahead and ask for Receiving before coming, just to make sure we are not overloaded with furniture and not accepting that day.)
Please, no drop-offs when the gate is closed!
- Please bring your items in boxes and bags. Loose items can get damaged.
- All donations of clothes should be brought in clear plastic bags.
- Please include all cords, cables, remote controls, etc. that go with donated items. Please tape them onto the main item so they don’t get separated.
- Please ensure that price stickers have been removed from any items that have previously been in garage sales.
- Pick-up may be available for large items and is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Please call 250-832-8234 and ask to speak to Nick to find out if a pick-up can be arranged.
- In order to help us better serve the community, please ensure donated items are clean and in good condition.
- Please, no garbage. We accept sellable items only. One man’s trash is not another man’s treasure when it comes to donations. Thank you.
We accept the following in good working order:
- Appliances
- Books and magazines
- CDs, DVDs, Records and Players
- Clean furniture in good condition
- Clean pillows and cushions
- Fabric, notions, craft items, wool, leather and patterns
- Flat-screen TVs with remotes
- Good, clean clothing and footwear
- Hardware items and tools
- Kitchenware/small appliances (coffee makers, mixers, toasters, etc.)
- Linens, draperies
- Pet supplies, cages, leashes, etc.
- Plants, pictures, knick-knacks, lamps
- Sewing machines (with exceptions; see below)
- Sports equipment, exercise equipment, bicycles, and clean toys
- Stereos in good working order
- Stoves, fridges and freezers
We do not accept the following:
- Appliances that do not work
- Baby items (cradles, strollers, car seats, booster seats, cribs, crib bumper pads, children’s bathtub seats, bassinets)
- Blinds, unless in new, unopened boxes
- Box springs & mattresses
- Cabinet or floor model stereos
- Cabinet sewing machines (unless they are antique ones with the old-fashioned foot pedal)
- Cell phones, tablets, or other electronic devices that are locked
- Couches or chairs that are torn, soiled, or have cat scratches
- Curved screen, black & white, or thick TVs, or any without a remote or stand
- Empty jars that are not canning jars
- Encyclopedias or educational textbooks
- Glasses with the Olympic torch (Olympics advertising)
- Hard suitcases
- Helmets or hardhats
- Hide-a-beds
- Homemade CDs, DVDs, or tapes
- Kettles, electric
- Large metal microwaves
- Light fixtures that are hardwired
- Old convection ovens
- Printers, scanners, photocopiers or fax machines
- Stained pillows
- Thermal paper fax machines
- Touch lamps
- Trophies
- Used light bulbs
- Vintage adding machines, projectors, or projector screens
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