DONATION DROPOFF AND ACCEPTABLE DONATIONS

DROP OFF YOUR DONATIONS

We collect furniture and household goods donations on the 1st Saturday of each month from 10 AM to 12 PM at South Street Self Storage — 39A South Street in Danbury. Our next donation drop off is on Dec 6th. See list below for items we need and how to get them to us.

ACCEPTABLE DONATIONS

When a homeless person gets a room or apartment, often he/she moves in with only the clothes on their back.   One of the important services provided by OTS is to supply them with a complete set of furniture and household items. Most people coming off the streets move into rooms or small apartments.   There is very limited space, and they have basic needs.  Below is a list of items we are currently accepting. 

Items highlighted in red are badly needed priority needs.Please note that we can only accept items in gently used condition and that we cannot accept any glass like mirrors or glass table tops.

This list changes frequently and is kept up to date, so please check periodically if you have items to donate:

• Kitchen Tables, smaller tables preferred (with or without chairs)

• Dressers — smaller upright dressers preferred at this time.

• Recliners and living room chairs

• Loveseats — not large or heavy — no sleeper sofas or full-size sofas

• Working Floor and Table Lamps with shades, knobs and bulbs.

• Lamp shades (clip-on style)

• Flat screen TV’s with stand and remotes.

• End Tables and Nightstands

• DVD players

• Card Tables

• Microwaves

• Toaster Ovens and Toasters

• Air Fryers

• Mr. Coffee type or Keurig Coffeemakers— no percolators please

• Vacuum cleaners

• Pots and Pans,no cast iron

• Sheets, blankets and comforters — preferably new but definitely laundered

• Pillows — preferably new

• Laundered bath, face and hand towels

If you have questions about donations, please call or preferably text Mike at 203-249-3586.  

Welcome Baskets — In addition to furniture, we provide a basket of essentials to people when they move in.   All of these items can be found at The Dollar Store.  Contents include:

• Plastic laundry basket

• Garbage bags

• Toilet paper

• Paper towels

• Sponges

• Dish soap

• Hand soap 

• Shampoo

• Toothbrush, toothpaste

• Laundry soap

• Dryer sheets

• All purpose cleaner

• Aluminum foil

• Can opener

If you are interested in making welcome baskets, please contact Beth Davis (davisrbjjt@sbcglobal.net).

If you are not able to donate through Off The Streets, we recommend:

• https://pickupplease.org — donations support veterans

• Salvation Army — 1-800-SA- TRUCK (1-800-728-7825) or https://satruck.org/

• Housatonic Habitat for Humanity ReStore — https://housatonichabitat.org/restore/

• College Hunks — https://www.collegehunkshaulingjunk.com/danbury/— They charge a fee but donate the furniture they collect to Off The Streets and other nonprofits.

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