Donating Used Books (9/2017)

Suggestions for ways to donate used books. This is a summary that I did not validate. Listing them for convenience of others:

  • Selling
    • BookBuyers in Gilroy (formerly on Castro)
    • Sell books on Amazon or other site
  • Donating

    • Friends of Palo Alto 4000 Middlefield drop off Monday - Sat. 2-4pm.

    • [email protected], 650-213-8755

    • Los Altos Library drop-off

    • San Mateo Library - manually takes donations. They recycle what they can't use

    • A friend recycles hardcover books to make boxes. (Dotty Calabrese)

    • Senior Center may take some books.

    • Donate to prisons

    • Little Free Libraries

    • Organize the books by type and condition

    • Bell's Books - go out and assess them?

    • have a clear-out sale like https://montaloma.nextdoor.com/events/ca/mountain-view/giant-weekend-book-sale-1487478

    • http://donatedav.org/donation-pickup.html

    • http://www.hopeservices.org/our-businesses/recycle-with-hope/schedule-a-donation-pickup/

  • Auction Service: http://www.dgwauctioneers.com/index.html

Stuffed Animals

Animal Beacons of Light

Animal Beacons of Light is a charitable organization founded by Ellen Henson, a Monta Loma resident. The purpose of the project is to take in new or gently used soft stuffed animals; clean and then energize them with the energies of love, joy, comfort and Reiki; and gift them to children of all ages around the world. These stuffed animals are distributed by volunteers to a wide variety of places. For example: orphanages, nursing homes, shelters, refuge camps, those recovering from trauma, abuse, war or poverty - anywhere a child-at-heart needs love and a companion to hold and share their dreams and concerns with. To date over 75,000 stuffed animals have been sent to 60 countries around the world uplifting the lives of over 125,000 recipients.

We invite volunteers for many functions: collecting animals for donation; transporting them at various stages of the process; cleaning them; storing them; donating cleaning supplies, shipping expenses, boxes, ribbon and many other roles.

If you have stuffed animals to donate, please contact us for drop off locations around the greater San Francisco Bay Area, including one in the Monta Loma neighborhood, or the address of where to send them if you live further afield.

If you are traveling, inside the USA or internationally, let us know how many of our energized stuffies you would like to take with you to distribute.

Any questions, please contact Jenise Dormann at [email protected] or 650-954-8443.

Monta Loma Elementary School

-Used ink cartridges (the school can earn up to $4 per empty cartridge) 
-Box Tops for Education coupons (found on many grocery and household items such as Ziploc bags and Cheerios). 
Drop off at the school's front office.

Mountain View Public Library 
-Accepts books for its booksale Fundraisers Melbourne. A drop off slot is on the left side of the library in the parking lot off Mercy St.

Donating maternity and baby items (2010 - Tonya B, Mardell Way): 
Community Pregnancy Center 
[WWW]http://www.mycpc.org/

Info collected by cjasper Nov 2008

I requested info about battered women's shelters where I could donate clothes and things. These are the responses I got:

Support Network for Battered Women (several people recommended this) 
1257 Tasman Drive, Suite C 
Sunnyvale 94089 
408-541-6100 
[WWW]www.SNBW.org

The Ecumenical Council on Hunger in EPA is a very good place to donate. They will give you a receipt. The clothing goes to families as well as homeless people. They have a web site.

From SRibbe

Donating Household Goods, Food or Other Items

Most of the families and individuals who come to Shelter Network arrive with almost nothing and depend on donations for household goods, food, and other necessities. Your donation will make a real difference in the everyday lives of homeless children, parents, and single adults.

There is a particular need for department store or grocery gift certificates, kitchenware, and disposable items and toiletries such as soap, toothpaste, and paper products.

Donations can be dropped off at any of Shelter Network's locations:

Family Crossroads 
50 Hillcrest Drive 
Daly City, CA 94014 
Phone: (650) 994-8169 
For drop-off: Monday through Thursday from 2-5pm. Best to call ahead of time to make sure staff will be there to assist you with unloading. Closed weekends.

First Step for Families 
325 Villa Terrace 
San Mateo, CA 94401 
Phone: (650) 340-8814 
For drop-off: Best to call ahead of time to make sure staff will be there to assist you with unloading. Weekend drop-off okay, as long as you call first.

Maple Street Shelter 
Emergency and transitional housing for single men and women. 
1580A Maple Street 
Redwood City, CA 94063 
Phone: (650) 364-1150 
For drop-off: Best to call ahead of time to make sure staff will be there to assist you with unloading. Weekend drop-off okay, as long as you call first.

Haven Family House 
260 Van Buren 
Menlo Park, CA 94065 
Phone: (650) 325-8719 
For drop-off: Monday through Friday 8am-1pm and 2-5pm. Best to call ahead of time to make sure staff will be there to assist you with unloading. Closed weekends.

Administrative Office (from here, we distribute to all of our shelter programs) 
1450 Chapin Avenue, Second Floor 
Burlingame, CA 94010 
Phone: (650) 685-5880, ext. 14 
For drop-off: Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm.

Before dropping off, please contact the facility to make sure there will be a staff person available there to assist you. For more information on donating household goods, food, or other items, please contact Aurelia De La Rosa Aceves, Communications Assistant, at [email protected] or (650) 685-5880 x14.

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