Website: Agrace Thrift Stores
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Website: Dane County Humane Society Thrift Stores
Email: thrift@giveshelter.org
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Website: Goodwill Donation Locations near Madison
Goodwill has an online form you can use to contact them with questions.
Phone numbers for locations within (and near) Madison:
Website: Habitat for Humanity of Dane County Donation Information
Request a free pick-up by filling out their online form.
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Website: Open Doors for Refugees donation information
Email: donations@odfr.org
In order to donate to this organization, you must contact them with a description of the items first. If you wish to donate furniture, you must include photos. You must wait to receive confirmation from them for the next steps.
Website: River Food Pantry donation information
Email: info@riverfoodpantry.org
Phone: 608-442-8815
Website: The Road Home furniture donation information
Contact Reynolds Transfer & Storage at their email address: info@reynoldstransfer.com. Include your name, address, and description of the items. Be aware of the donation and pickup limitations.
Website: St. Vincent de Paul donation information and donation locations
Need a free home pickup? Follow the information on their website to learn the steps.
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There are many other options locally for your usable goods that cater specifically for the things you have on top of the donation places listed above.
There are used bookstores, used video game stores, consignment fashion shops vintage toys, and other treasures and antique shops.
Our community is full of opportunities - you may just need to do a little bit of research.
Search online for "resale shops" or "thrift stores" or "donate" plus the item you would like to give away (for example, "donate toys") should reveal additional local resources.
Here's just a partial rundown of some additional options:
Art supplies can go to the Hello Art Hatchery.
Bicycles can go to Freewheel or Bikes for Kids (and probably many more - this is Madison after all).
Buttons, zippers, and yarn may be donated to the Textile Arts Center of Madison.
Clothing of a particular vintage or style can go to different specialty stores around Madison. Each store will have different means of how they take the clothes from you (purchasing, consignment, swaps, etc.). Check with the stores to see what's right for you. Options include The Good Style Shop, ReThreads, StillGoods, The Pink Poodle, Upshift Swap and probably quite a few others that we just haven't thought of yet.
Items for babies and toddlers may be able to be donated to Babies and Beyond.
Sewing supplies can go to The Sewing Machine Project.
Tools could be donated to The Bodgery.
Places like the Ronald McDonald House or Gilda's Club accepts certain unused items.
And there's so many more...
Social media channels like Facebook and Nextdoor are a great tool to share usable goods in the neighborhood groups that you follow.
And there are many local groups that help connect people to free items on these platforms as well.
On social media sites, searching for "Buy Nothing Madison" or "Zero Waste Madison" should return local options.
There's also Freecycle, Trash Nothing, and likely other groups or organizations.
There is also the time-honored tradition of the yard sale (or garage sale, rummage sales, church sales, etc.). Many neighborhoods organize coordinated sales to help drum up interest, too.
There are some places that do regular item swaps, like the program put on by the Neighborhood House. Perhaps an organization you belong to could also organize a similar event?
There are many popular person-to-person exchanges online for your items.
Options include Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, and eBay and relatively newer private companies like LetGo, DeCluttr, 5Miles, WhatNot, and likely many more.
Remember to be safe when making the payment and when exchanging the goods.
Customer service hours:
Monday – Friday, 7:30am – 4:00pm
East Office & Drop-off Site
4602 Sycamore Ave
West Office
1501 W Badger Rd
West Drop-off Site
402 South Point Rd
Central Drop-off Site
121 E Olin Ave
Weekends and evenings only
