Recycle and Donate

ANIMAL SUPPLIES

A Wish for Animals: www.awishforanimals.org

A not-for-profit animal rescue organization in need of everything to care for our furry friends.

Operation Blankets of Love: www.operationblanketsoflove.com

A not-for-profit organization for donations of blankets and towels for our furry friends. Drop-off locations throughout Los Angeles.

LA Animal Services: www.laanimalservices.com

Use the link above to find your nearest animal shelter, they accept blankets, linens and newspaper.

APPLIANCES

Appliances and Recycling at Best Buy: bestbuy.com

ART SUPPLIES

Crazy Crayons: crazycrayons.com

The CRAYON RECYCLE PROGRAM takes unwanted, rejected, broken crayons to a better place, where they’ll be recycled into fresh, new crayons. The program has drop-off bins nationally.

The Long Beach Depot for Creative Reuse: thelongbeachdepot.org

Creative Reuse is the process of taking used or recycled materials and turning them into artwork, eco-friendly gifts, and other fun and creative projects. The Depot is a Non-Profit public benefit organization and relies entirely on contributions from supporters and benefactors to accomplish their objectives of acquiring and disseminating information and materials to enhance a more “Green America” and to promote reuse of throwaway items by inspiring public participation in the reduction of items destined for our landfills.

Scrounger’s Center for Reusable Art Parts (SCRAP): www.scrap-sf.org

SCRAP is a creative reuse center, store and workshop space founded in 1976 in San Francisco, California. Donations of high quality, low cost, re-usable materials such as textiles, paper, jewelry findings, wood, buttons and plastics are collected from businesses, institutions and individuals then sorted, displayed and distributed by SCRAP for artists, educational and community groups. Free materials and art activities are provided through our community outreach service.

reDiscover: rediscovercenter.org

Since 2004, the reDiscover Center has promoted creativity in education while encouraging environmental responsibility. Our recycled discards donated by business are revived and reused in school programs, community projects, teacher workshops, parties, camps and more!

BIOHAZARD / CRIME SCENE

Crime Scene Clean Up: biosocal.com
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BOOKS

Access Books: www.accessbooks.net/

The goal of ACCESS BOOKS is to provide high interest, enjoyable reading materials to provide to school and community libraries. Research has validated the close correlation that exists between successful reading and the number of books in school libraries. In fact, the size of the school library collection is the best predictor of academic achievement. Among school and community predictors of academic achievement, the size of the school library collection and staff is second only to the absence of poverty. The more books children have access to in their school libraries, the more they will read.

Friends of the Library: www.lapl.org

Most LA area libraries have book sales to raise money for local library projects. To see if your local library will take your good-condition books visit www.lapl.org

BRAS

Uplift Project: www.upliftbras.org

For women in disadvantaged communities a bra is often unobtainable or unaffordable. This project collects new and second-hand bras and sends them wherever we have requests.

BUILDING MATERIALS

Habitat’s ReStore: www.habitat.org/env/restores.aspx

Habitat’s ReStore resale outlets sell reusable and surplus building materials to the public. While every ReStore is a little different, most focus on home improvement goods like furniture, home accessories, building materials and appliances. ReStores accept donated goods which are sold to the general public at a fraction of the retail price. The proceeds help local Habitat affiliates fund the construction of Habitat homes within their communities.

CARDBOARD BOXES

Used Cardboard Boxes: www.usedcardboardboxes.com

UsedCardboardBoxes.com takes an innovative approach to providing low-cost, earth-friendly moving boxes. We “rescue” truckloads of quality used boxes from large companies that might otherwise recycle them or simply throw them away. We bring the boxes back to one of our regional distribution centers where they are inspected and sorted by size and shape. Boxes that meet our strict requirements for quality, shape and strength are pre-packed (along with convenient accessories) into our low-cost, earth-friendly “stacks” and “kits”. We then “resell” those boxes to customers all across the USA, via our website. We offer free shipping on any residential order and guarantee delivery in 1-2 business days. As we like to say, “you don’t have cut down a tree to make a used cardboard box!”

CARS

Habitat for Humanity: www.habitat.org/carsforhomes

By donating a car to Habitat’s Cars for Homes vehicle donation program, you help your local Habitat for Humanity affiliate build and rehabilitate houses in partnership with families in need of a hand up, not a hand out.

Polly Klaas Foundation: www.pollyklaas.org

The Polly Klaas® Foundation is a national nonprofit that helps find missing children, prevents children from going missing, and promotes laws like Amber Alert that help keep children safe.We have helped more than 6,900 families of missing children, counseling them on ways to find their children and work with law enforcement. We make and distribute posters of missing children for these families, and have a national eVolunteer force that distributes posters of missing children in their communities. Our hotline has been answered 24/7 since 1993. We publish and distribute child safety information to people around the world. Our free Child Safety Kit and Internet Safety Kit can be ordered or downloaded online. We also promote child safety legislation like Amber Alerts.

Cash for your Gadgets: Gazelle: www.gazelle.com

Gazelle wants to change the world – one cell phone, one laptop, one iPod at a time. It is our purpose – and our promise – to provide a practical, rewarding way for people to finally rid themselves of all those old cell phones, digital cameras, and gaming systems that they no longer use, but can’t seem to find a way to let go of. Too often when people think of recycling, they rush straight to smashing things into bits for parts. We believe that reuse should always come first. If your GPS unit still works, why not keep it in circulation AND get paid for it? If reusing isn’t in the cards, then let us recycle that vintage camcorder. We think of it as ReCommerce.

CASSETTES, VIDEOS, DISKETTES

Green Disk: www.greendisk.com

Now there is one place to responsibly and securely dispose of all your computer-related waste, spent supplies and obsolete accessories. GreenDisk handles all your technotrash disposal needs from a CD to a PC and just about everything in between. You can stop worrying about what to do with all of that old technotrash piling up in your office, store room, attic, or garage. Let GreenDisk safely and securely destroy your old data, recover reusable components, and recycle all of the rest of your accumulated technotrash – all at your convenience, at home or at work.

CELL PHONES

Gizmogul: gizmogul.com

A cell phone recycling site. They accept all sorts of recyclable electronics through their parent company, CJ Environmental, and offer free pickup service throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Homeboy Recycling: homeboyrecycling.com

Whether you are a large organization in a compliance-driven industry or a small office needing a simple pickup, our team can help. We are a nationwide electronics recycling company that can handle all your commercial e-waste recycling and ITAD needs.

CHILDREN’S MOVIES/DVDS

Kid Flicks: www.kidflicks.org

Kid Flicks was founded by the Barta sisters in the Spring of 2002. We were doing some “Spring cleaning” and realized we had a number of DVDs we had either outgrown or no longer watched. Since a friend of ours had been treated for Leukemia and we knew that she watched movies to help her pass the time and distract her while she was in the hospital, we took our movies to the Pediatric Oncology Department of the Los Angeles hospital where she had been treated. When we dropped off our donations, the Child Life Specialist told us that “movies are the first things kids ask for when they are in the hospital.” That afternoon we decided to collect as many DVDs as possible to donate to as many hospitals as possible. We wrote solicitation letters to family and friends, and within the first week, we had over 100 movies. Donations continued to pour in. We decided that each hospital would receive a “movie library” of 100 assorted films that appeal to boys and girls, toddlers through teenagers. Whenever we had another 100 movies, we found another hospital to donate them to. With your DVD donations, we create video libraries for Children’s Hospitals and Pediatric Wards.

CHILDREN’S TOYS AND BOOKS

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles www.chla.org/donate-toys

We welcome your toy donations for our patients. Can you imagine the difference your gift can make to a hospitalized patient family? Your donations are so important to us! The global pandemic has had an impact on our toy donations this year and we are so grateful for your potential gift.

Gently used toys may be donated to local thrift stores, women’s shelter’s, churches, and children’s hospitals. See, also Child’s Play Charity: www.childsplaycharity.org

Stuffed Animals: www.stuffedanimalsforemergencies.org

We collect various items such as stuffed animals, toys, books and baby blankets to benefit children during emergency situations such as fires, illness, accidents, neglect, abuse, homelessness and even weather emergencies such as tornadoes, floods and hurricanes. We also donate the items we receive to other childrens’ organizations, military organizations, libraries and even nursing homes. We accept new and gently used items for donation. This is a great way to reuse and recycle stuffed animals, toys, books and baby blankets.

CHILDREN’S CLOTHING

Baby2Baby: www.baby2baby.org

Baby2Baby supplies Los Angeles families in need with essential baby gear and clothing for their children 0-4 years old. We distribute new and gently used items through a network of community-based organizations.

CLOTHING/SHOES, BOOKS, FURNITURE/KITCHEN STUFF

NCJWLA: ncjwla.org/the-council-shop

National council of Jewish women and their council shop. The Council Shop is a catalyst to make our work possible. When our donors recycle their gently loved items, they are rediscovered by our shoppers. NCJW|LA uses the profits to reinvest in programs that build financial resilience for hundreds of women in Los Angeles each year.
Our combination of earned revenue and traditionally raised funds enables NCJW|LA to dedicate resources to innovation, research, and progressive ideas. With seven locations throughout Los Angeles, our stores serve as important hubs for the surrounding communities.
The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action. NCJW strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms. Aside from donations of good-condition used furniture, they also take walkers, canes, and wheelchairs.

Catalyst Foundation: www.catalystfdn.org

The mission of The Catalyst Foundation is to inspire transformative change. Under this umbrella we are dedicated to decreasing the impact of abuse and trauma on society and the world through direct service, public education, advocacy, policy reform and empowerment of directly affected and disenfranchised groups. We are also dedicated to improving the health and well-being of low- income, uninsured and homeless persons through outreach, education, supportive social services and connection to medical and mental healthcare. We employ a whatever it takes, for as long as it takes approach to client services.

Savers: www.savers.com

Since our humble thrift shop beginnings, we’ve come a long way in the secondhand space. We’ve grown from a single shop to a global reuse champion—and it’s all because of you.

UCLA Thrift store: uclathriftstore.com

Known to many as the ’heart’ of the hospital, the Auxiliary has donated over $10 Million to various programs within the hospital

Goodwill Industries: www.goodwill.org

Last year, more than 64 million people donated to Goodwill. Goodwill accepts your new or gently used items — like clothing, appliances and furniture — and sells them in our well-known Goodwill retail stores. There are more than 2,300 Goodwill donation locations in North America. The sales of your donations help fund job training and other career services that help people become successful at work.

Out of the Closet: www.outofthecloset.org

Out of the Closet, the world’s most fabulous thrift store, is a chain of thrift stores in Northern and Southern California owned and operated by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest specialized provider of cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability to pay.

Project Ropa: www.projectropa.org

It’s mobile nonprofit in Los Angeles that helps restore dignity to people experiencing homelessness by providing clean clothing and access to other hygiene services. We also have a recycling program that distributes clothing and shoes free of charge to a network of nonprofit partners. As well, we employ people transitioning out of homelessness and formerly incarcerated individuals to work with both our mobile street service and recycling program.

The National Council of Jewish Women: www.ncjw.org

The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action. NCJW strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms. Aside from donations of good-condition used furniture, they also take walkers, canes, and wheelchairs.

Vietnam Veterans of America: www.vva.org

Founded in 1978, Vietnam Veterans of America is the only national Vietnam veterans organization congressionally chartered and exclusively dedicated to Vietnam-era veterans and their families. VVA is organized as a not-for-profit corporation and is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. VVA’s goals are to promote and support the full range of issues important to Vietnam veterans, to create a new identity for this generation of veterans, and to change public perception of Vietnam veterans.

CORKS

ReCork: recork.org

We are partners in recycling. ReCORK by Amorim (previously ReCORK America) is a natural wine cork recycling program. The ReCORK program is sponsored by Amorim of Portugal, the world’s largest producer of natural cork wine closures, SOLE, a leading manufacturer of footwear products, and Amorim’s U.S. sales affiliates – Amorim Cork America and Portocork America. The goal is to recycle corks and to educate and inform our audiences about
 the crucial role cork forests play in curbing climate change.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Habitat for Humanity: www.habitat.org

By to Habitat for Humanity, you help your local Habitat for Humanity affiliate build and rehabilitate houses in partnership with families in need of a hand up, not a hand out.

ELECTRONICS

Electronics and Appliances Recycling at Best Buy: bestbuy.com

Homeboy Recyclinghomeboyrecycling.com

Whether you are a large organization in a compliance-driven industry or a small office needing a simple pickup, our team can help. We are a nationwide electronics recycling company that can handle all your commercial e-waste recycling and ITAD needs.

UCLA’s Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research: www.eastonad.ucla.edu

is accepting tax deductible donations of MP3 players. Can listening to music soothe an agitated patient with Alzheimer’s disease, or even unlock happy memories from better days? Although much of the evidence is anecdotal, there is plenty to suggest that songs can, at minimum, bring a smile to the face of a dementia patient. To make a tax-deductible donation of iPods and MP3 players, as well as related items, to the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at UCLA’s Tunes for Alzheimer’s Patients program, go to their site.

Dispose of Kids Gadgets: pcliquidations.com

As you monitor your children’s internet and cellphone habits, you also have to consider the devices that become obsolete, broken, beyond repair, or simply unwanted. Do you just throw these things out?

E-WASTE/SOLVENTS/HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Bureau of Sanitation: lacitysan.org

UCLA Safe Center: ehs.ucla.edu/news/la-city-safe-collection-site

Recyclecology: recyclecology.com

Green Disk: greendisk.com

EYEGLASSES

Lions Clubs International: lionsclubs.org/EN/index.php

One Sight Organization: www.onesight.org

Both organizations will repair used/unwanted eyeglasses and distribute to people who cannot afford new glasses.

FOOD

Food for Hunger: FoodforHunger.org

Food for Hunger is As you may be aware, many people throw out a good deal of “stuff” when they move.  Unfortunately, a lot of this “stuff” is food that could be delivered to a family in need rather than thrown away.  That’s where we come in … By teaming up with relocation companies across the country, Move For Hunger is creating one of the nation’s largest year-round service programs.  Our movers offer to pick up the unwanted, non-perishable food items from those who are moving and deliver it to their local food banks.

FOOD PANTRIES

Ample Harvest: ampleharvest.org

Ample Harvest diminishes hunger in America by educating and enabling gardeners to donate their excess harvest to the needy in their community instead of allowing it to rot in the garden.

SOVA: www.jfsla.org/sova

SOVA is a Hebrew word that means “eat and be satisfied.” At SOVA’s three comprehensive service centers in the Los Angeles area, we offer: Sustenance – free nutritious food that nourishes families, helps children perform better in school, and strengthens the elderly; Opportunity— free on-site services at our three food pantries, including legal advocacy, job counseling, nutrition counseling by a Registered Dietitian, information and referral and food stamp enrollment; Volunteerism— hundreds of people of all ages working together each week to provide a helping hand for others ; Advocacy— educating the community and legislators on hunger issues.

FREE

Nextdoor.com
Craigslist.com
Facebookmarketplace.com
Offerup.com

Free Cycle: www.freecycle.org

The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,864 groups with 7,603,875 members around the world. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them’s good people). Membership is free. To sign up, find your community by entering it into the search box above or by clicking on ‘Browse Groups’ above the search box.

Big Sunday: www.bigsunday.org

A non-profit that specializes in finding homes for large or weird items people want to give away (e.g., motorized chair lift for stairs inside the home). Big Sunday also helps people who have time to volunteer to do good in the local community, match them with building or other projects where extra hands are needed.

StufStr: iPhone App

Stuffstr is a Public Benefit Corporation dedicated to increasing sustainability around the things we buy, use, and discard. Stuffstr’s vision is “No Unused Stuff,” and we’re committed to helping consumers join the global movement toward a circular economy.

HEARING AIDS

Hearing Charities of America in Kansas City MO: HearingCharities.org

JUNK MAIL

National Yellow Pages Consumer Choice & Opt-Out Site: www.yellowpagesoptout.com

The mission of the Yellow Pages Association is to lead, serve, grow and advocate for the Yellow Pages Industry. They have committed to taking a leadership position in guiding their members to integrate responsible, innovative, and sustainable business practices that benefit a triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit.

Catalog Choice: www.catalogchoice.org

Sign up and search our growing list of catalogs, coupons, credit offers, phone books and other unsolicited mailings. Find catalogs and junk mail you want to manage. We’ll work on your behalf to opt you out of the mailings you’ve identified.

DMA Choice: www.dmachoice.org

DMA choice is an online tool developed by the Direct Marketing Association to help you manage your mail. For the purposes of this site, direct mail is divided into four categories: Credit Offers, Catalogs, Magazine Offers and Other Mail Offers. You can request to start or stop receiving mail from individual companies within each category—or from an entire category at once.

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

Project C.U.R.E.: projectcure.org

Delivers medical supplies severely resource-limited communities make diagnosis and treatment possible, protect health workers and ensure better outcomes for surgery and emergency care. Donations from U.S. hospitals, medical manufacturers, wholesale distributors and individual donors.

Convalescent Aid Society: www.cas1.org

MEDICINE/PERSONAL CARE/TOILETRIES

The Saban Free Clinic: www.thesabanfreeclinic.org

The Saban Free Clinic, in collaboration with strategic partners, serves as a medical home for the underserved and those who are most vulnerable by providing comprehensive, dependable and affordable quality health care in a caring environment.

Think Green From Home: www.thinkgreenfromhome.com/syringesandlancets.cfm

The MedWaste Tracker Safe Solutions for Sharps System, is designed to safely and securely dispose of used syringes and lancets. Each system contains and provides for containment, collection and destruction of used sharps.

Safe needle disposal: www.safeneedledisposal.org 

Established in August 2002, the Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal is a collaboration of businesses, community groups, non-profit organizations and government that promotes public awareness and solutions for safe disposal of needles, syringes, and other sharps in the community.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov/epawaste/index.htm

Each year, Americans generate millions of tons of waste in our homes and communities. EPA is challenging all citizens to conserve our natural resources by committing to reduce, reuse, and recycle at home, in your community, and at the office. Learn what you can do to make a difference.

MP3s/iPods

UCLA’s Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research: www.eastonad.ucla.edu. Tunes for Alzheimer’s Patients (TAP) is a charitable program at the UCLA Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research that collects new and used iPods, MP3 players, iTunes gift cards, headphones, and iPod/MP3 accessories, as well as monetary donations, to bring individualized music treatment to Alzheimer’s patients in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other institutions. For more information or to make a tax-deductible donation, visit their site.

MUSIC

Music in Schools Today: mustcreate.org

A San Francisco Bay Area non-profit organization with national impact, Music in Schools Today (MUST) advocates for, supports and develops integrated, accessible, sustainable and measurable music-in-education programs that improve student achievement. MUST combats this trend with a comprehensive set of programs that are resistant to budget slashing. MUST serves over 21,000 children and youth annually in schools and community centers, conducts research and development and advocates to restore music as an essential principle of pre-K through 12 education.

OFFICE SUPPLIES

L.A. Shares: www.lashares.org

L.A. SHARES accepts donations of office furniture, office equipment, office supplies, computer systems, paper products, miscellaneous personal care products and, of course, money to help us support our efforts. Thanks to the financial and in-kind support of many local companies, area foundations and certain federal, state and local partners, L.A. SHARES is able to provide its services FREE-OF-CHARGE to both donors and recipients.

I Love Schools: givv.org

I LOVE SCHOOLS is a nonprofit online donation center that connects new, used and in-kind resources with our nation’s schools all year long. Our mission is to help students meet their potential by providing their teachers and other educators with the resources they need to support their students’ education – without regard to geographic, demographic or financial circumstances.

PAPERLESS

Catalog Choice: www.catalogchoice.org

A free service to opt out of catalogs, coupons, credit card offers, phone books, circulars and more.

Unsolicited Mail, Telemarketing and Email: Where to Go to “Just Say No”: www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts

Tired of having your mailbox crammed with unsolicited mail, including pre-approved credit card applications? Fed up with getting telemarketing calls just as you’re sitting down to dinner? Fuming that your email inbox is chock-full of unsolicited advertising? The good news is that you can cut down on the number of unsolicited mailings, calls, and emails you receive by learning where to go to “just say no.”

PAPER SHREDDING

Shred Time: shred-time.com

Shred-Time Inc. is a locally-owned and operated information and data destruction company located in Los Angeles, CA near the LAX airport. We service both residential and business clients across the Southern California region. We provide walk-in shredding services, which means there’s no appointment or call necessary. We shred instantly as you watch! We also offer mobile shredding and secure pickups. 310-348-9773

Shred Bull: shredbull.com

With our one-time mobile shredding service will come right to your home, storage unit or office and shred all your confidential documents while you watch. It really is easy dealing with Shred Bull. We pride ourselves on providing Orange County with a great shredding experience.  We will bring our brand new, 2020, shredding truck to you, and shred all your confidential documents right at your home or office, while you watch.

PLASTICS, BOTTLES, CARDBOARD AND MORE

What and How to Recycle: Plastics, Bottles, Cardboard and More!: bottlestore.com/whatandhowtorecycle

This covers the full gamut of recycling – what a gem!!

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN: ATTIRE/HANDBAGS/PURSES

Dress for Success: www.dressforsuccess.org

The mission of Dress for Success is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Founded in New York City in 1997, Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization offering services designed to help our clients find jobs and remain employed. Each Dress for Success client receives one suit when she has a job interview and can return for a second suit or separates when she finds work.

Purses and Pockets with a Purpose:
www.facebook.com/pages/Purses-And-Pockets-With-A-Purpose-Inc

Founded in February 2009, PURSES AND POCKETS WITH A PURPOSE, INC. (PPWAP) was established to package hope in a purse or pocket wallet for women and men experiencing the challenges of life. Her vision included creating a ‘living life on P.U.R.P.O.S.E. Road Map bundled with personal care items and a donated purse so those in need could see a new path toward living a life filled with purpose and peace. At PPWAP, our sole goal is to alleviate the socio economic, health and well being challenges that kill desire, block opportunity, thwart achievement—thus, hinder self empowerment by providing a roadmap towards a “purposeful life.”

RECYCLING UNUSUAL ITEMS

Printer Ink: Quill: www.quill.com

Old Sneakers/Tennis Shoes: www.nikereuseashoe.com

Wine Corks: www.yemmhart.com

Three Big Mistakes We Make When Recycling: science.howstuffworks.com

SELF STORAGE

The High Cost of Storing Your Stuff at a Self-Storage Facility: www.consumerreports.org

Getting rid of clutter is one way to cut the expense

Americans have a hard time letting go of their stuff. About one in 10 households rents a self-storage facility according to the latest survey by the Self Storage Association. In 1995, just one in 17 households rented a unit. Stuffed inside many of those units are everything from used textbooks and clothes that no longer fit to couches and wall hangings that may one day be useful again.

SELL YOUR STUFF 

Ebay: www.ebay.com

Offerup: www.Offerup.com  

Craigs’ List: www.craigslist.com

Maxsold: www.Maxsold.com

Facebookmarketplace.com

Pay Pal Giving Fund (formerly Mission Fish): www.paypalgivingfund.org

It allows sellers to give proceeds from their sales to a favorite nonprofit, and helps nonprofits raise funds by selling on eBay too. Nonprofits can also receive donations from eBay users through the Donate Now feature, which lets anyone with a PayPal account, donate to nonprofits right away –without buying or selling anything.

SHOES (Sneakers/Tennis)

Nike Reuse-a-Shoe: www.nikereuseashoe.com

See how the Reuse-A-Shoe program takes your worn-out kicks and turns them into Nike Grind, a material used in sports surfaces, playgrounds and even new Nike products.

Soles 4 Souls: www.soles4souls.org

Soles4Souls facilitates the donations of shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Shoe companies, retailers, and individuals can donate footwear (both new and used). Soles4Souls is a 501(c)(3) recognized by the IRS, and donating parties are eligible for tax advantages.

One World Running: oneworldrunning.com

One World Running is an international program promoting an awareness of health, fitness and nutrition by providing running shoes to those in need in the United States and around the world. We also put on 5K walk/runs to foster an environment of exercise and to increase understanding and goodwill between people.

SOCCER

Peace Passers: peacepassers.org

Soccer balls, shoes, socks and uniforms are needed. This can be done through direct contribution of supplies and/or through monetary donations for shipping fees. We challenge you to share that joy, to join us in spreading the peaceful vibe through donating soccer supplies to countries and areas less fortunate than our own.

WEDDING DRESSES

Brides Against Breast Cancer: bridesagainstbreastcancer.org

Proves an opportunity for metastatic breast cancer patients’ dream or wish to be fulfilled by providing a special time of ‘Making Memories’ together with their families, a chance that might not have become a reality without the assistance of the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation.

YARD WASTE

Yard Waste Removal: Recycling, Donating and Reusing:
angieslist.com/articles/yard-waste-removal-recycling-donating-and-reusing.htm

We especially loved the composting information on here!