SmithCycle
Spring 2025
Too much stuff? SmithCycle collects donations during move out, sorts them over the summer, and makes them available to all new and returning students in the fall.
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Questions? Email smithcycle@smith.edu
Where?
Where?
Almost every house on campus! Look for a blue tarp taped in your basement or common spaces with the SmithCycle logo next to it. Signs will be put up in your house directing you to the right space. The houses listed below do not have donation spaces; if you leave in one of these houses, please bring your donations to nearby house listed.
Rothman House (150 Elm St), Yolanda King House (Park Annex) and Tenney House: Bring donations to Park House
44 and 54 Green St: Bring donations to Hubbard House
Conway House: Bring donations to Lamont House
Hopkins House: Bring donations to Haven House
Sessions Annex: Bring donations to Sessions House
When?
When?
Collection happens in two waves:
Wave 1: Undergrad Move Out: Saturday, May 10th through Monday, May 12th
Wave 2: Senior Move Out: Monday, May 19th through Wednesday, May 21st
You can leave items before the waves start, but please don't leave items after May 21st.
How?
How?
Sort your donations in categories. At the donation locations, there will be boxes labeled with the different categories. Simply put your donations into the right box! Read on to find out more about the different categories.
WINTER OUTERWEAR
WINTER OUTERWEAR
Winter coats
Winter coats
Winter boots
Winter boots
Hats, scarves, and gloves
Hats, scarves, and gloves
Did you know?
Did you know?
We keep winter clothing on campus for the annual ISSO Winter Clothes Closet that happens every fall!
Questions? Email smithcycle@smith.edu
OTHER CLOTHING
OTHER CLOTHING
Shoes
Shoes
Shirts, Sweaters, Pants, Skirts, Dresses
Shirts, Sweaters, Pants, Skirts, Dresses
Socks and Underwear
Socks and Underwear
Accessories
Accessories
Did you know?
Did you know?
You can include ripped, stained, and otherwise damaged clothing! All of our clothing goes to It Takes a Village, which sorts the clothing into reusable items (which are then added to their free closets, mostly in Gateway Regional High School) and fabric waste (which they are able to sell in order to fund their programs).
Questions? Email smithcycle@smith.edu
DORM STUFF
DORM STUFF
If an item is too big to go in the dorm stuff box, just put it on the tarp at the donation location.
Housewares & Decor
Housewares & Decor
Curtains, mirrors, art and decor, clothes hangers, shower caddies, laundry hampers, luggage, corkboards and whiteboards, closet and desk organizers, etc.
School Supplies
School Supplies
Notebooks (partially used okay), pens, highlighters, folders, sticky notes, scissors, calculators, art supplies, etc.
Kitchen Items
Kitchen Items
Plates, mugs, utensils, water bottles, pots, pans, kitchen appliances, etc.
Furniture
Furniture
Bed risers, chairs, plastic drawers, trash bins, shelving, rugs, etc.
NO MATTRESS TOPPERS (trash)
Working Electronics
Working Electronics
Lamps, fans, extension cords, string lights, hair dryers and curlers/straighteners, vaccums, chargers, etc.
Broken electronics can be recycled on the ground floor of the Campus Center.
Other
Other
Anything that doesn't fit in the other categories!
Toys & stuffies, games & puzzles, flags, holiday decor, yoga mats, sports gear, etc.
Did you know?
Did you know?
All of your donations of home goods and school supplies will stay on campus! During Fall '25 move in, we will open the SmithCycle space to all new and returning Smithies to 'shop' so you can set up your dorm rooms and get ready for the new year!
Questions? Email smithcycle@smith.edu
LINENS
LINENS
Towels
Towels
Sheets and blankets
Sheets and blankets
Decor pillows
Decor pillows
No bed pillows or mattress toppers; those should go in the trash.
BOOKS
BOOKS
At the donation location in your house, there will be two purple-labeled boxes, one for textbooks and one for other books. Put your books in the appropriate box--it's that easy!
Did you know?
Did you know?
Your book donations stay on campus too, at the book nook in the Campus Center's Student Resource Center.
Questions? Email smithcycle@smith.edu
FOOD & TOILETRIES
FOOD & TOILETRIES
ONLY UNOPENED!
ONLY UNOPENED!
Put your UNOPENED food and toiletries in the red-labeled food and toiletries box at the donation location.
What can you donate?
All unopened, non-perishable, non-expired food
Unopened soap, shampoo, conditioner, and all other hair care products
Unused toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss
Unopened moisturizer and all other skincare products
Menstrual products (box can be opened as long as the individual packaging is not)
Laundry detergent and dish soap (can be opened)
Unopened deodorant and cosmetics
Unopened first aid items and over-the-counter medications
Masks (box can be opened as long as the individual packaging is not)
Did you know?
Did you know?
Your donations of food and toiletries go to Manna Community Center.
Questions? Email smithcycle@smith.edu
What will happen to the things I donate?
What will happen to the things I donate?
All of the winter clothing, home goods, school supplies, and books that you donate will stay on campus! This coming fall, we will open the SmithCycle space during move in to all new and returning Smithies. Home goods and school supplies will be available to everyone (donations encouraged but not required). You can set up your space for the new year for low or no cost, and you won't have to trek out to Target or Walmart.
Books will be added to the Book Nook in the Campus Center's Student Resource Center, and winter clothing will be part of ISSO's annual Winter Clothes Closet.
All other clothing, food, and toiletries will be donated to local community partners
Contact Information
Contact Information
Questions? Email smithcycle@smith.edu
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