Recycling to the Public
Donations are collected by our fleet of trucks, sorted, and sold through our thrift store. The Industrial Salvage Operation is a work therapy/life skills training program. Residents who are physically and mentally capable are required to participate in work therapy. The Industrial Salvage Operation provides work therapy/life skills training in various areas as truck drivers/helpers, store associates, shipping/receiving, online sales, merchandising, and inventory control. Running the operation, residents help to contribute to the organization while learning on-the-job skills. The Industrial Salvage Operation combined with the Mission store has historically generated over 30% of the agency’s budget. See our Annual Report.
Recycling to Those in Need
Through the thrift store, emergency furniture, free clothing and daily necessities are provided to those less fortunate in our community. Single men and women are provided with winter coats through our Emergency Services program. The Industrial Salvage Operation provides a large majority of the furniture, cots, blankets, pillows, towels, and dishes required to operate the Mission’s programs.
The Rescue Mission gratefully accepts donations of quality adult and children’s clothing, furniture, work appliances, housewares, outdoor furniture, and even automobiles. Schedule a Pick-up
Recycling Your Unwanted Stuff
You can support the Mission by calling to arrange a pick up, organizing a clothing drive through your company, business, school, faith based organization, or civic group.
Clothing Donation Guidelines:
- Clothing should be gently used and in usable condition.
- Clothing should be placed in closed plastic bags.
- Shoes: If possible, please tie matching shoes together.
- We accept Men’s, Women’s, and Children’s clothing - any season.
- We accept belts, hats, scarves, neck ties, and other clothing accessories.
- We accept hand bags and wallets.
- We accept brief cases and backpacks.
- We accept linens (sheets, blankets, pillows, towels, etc.).
- All men’s clothing, especially work clothing is urgently needed!
We also take stuffed animals and usable furniture! Call us to learn more
Electronics Donation Guidelines
Approved Household Electronics include:
- Working TVs - Due to the high cost of disposing of non-working televisions, our driver must see a TV in operation before accepting
- 15,17,19,21 inch CRT Monitors
- Flat Screen Monitors and All-in-Ones
- Towers, Desktops, and Laptops
- Uninterrupted power supply
- Telephones and Cell phones
- Cell phone chargers, battery chargers, PC chargers
- Cell phone and laptop batteries
- Keyboards, mouse, speakers
- External hard drives
- All types of wire
- Printers, Fax machines, scanners, modems, copy machines
- PC and Electronic components including:
- All types of memory
- Any hard, CD Rom, DVD, or floppy drives
- Fans and Power Supplies
- Mother Boards and other circuit boards
- AC Adaptors, yokes, and motors
- Any and all related computer parts
- Computer chips
Stereos (no wood)- VCRs, DVD players, CD player, Boomboxes
- Any audio and visual equipment including cameras
- Scanners and pagers
- Cash registers and scales (electronic or mechanical)
- Rechargeable batteries
- Small household appliances: microwave, blender, toaster, etc.
Unfortunately we do not accept donations of:
- Non-working TVs
- Broken CRT monitors
- Any device containing mercury (like a thermostat)
- Household appliances incorporating Compressors or Freon (Air Conditioner, Refrigerator)
- Large household appliances like washers, dryers, stoves, etc.
To schedule a free home pickup of clothing, furniture or electronics call us at 800-528-8825 or request a pickup online.