How to Donate

Where to Donate

Donations are accepted during scheduled drop-off hours at Woodward Middle School, 9100 Sportsman Club Road, Bainbridge Island, WA. (Google map)

Traffic note: When dropping off donations, the only way to access the school is to take Sportsman Club Road south from State Highway 305.

Plan Ahead

As you gather and prepare items for donation, we encourage you to box or bag those items, if possible. Please consider the following:

• If a bag or box is too heavy for you, it will probably be too heavy for us!
• If an item has separate parts, please pack them together. With the high number of donations coming in every hour, it is easy for parts to be separated if they are not packed together.
• Our shoppers are generally interested in buying items that are in proper working order and appear only gently used. (Items in poor condition, such that they would be impossible to sell at the Auction & Rummage Sale, will be regretfully declined.)
• There are some items we cannot accept – scroll down to see the list.

When You Get Here

When you arrive at the main entrance, our volunteers will be here to greet you. They will:

• Thank you for your item donations and provide you with a tax receipt.
• Ask if you have any items we’re unable to accept (see below).
• Ask if you have items subject to a disposal fee (see below), and collect those fees.
• Direct you to the “Curb” where a team of volunteers will help unload.

The Curb is a very busy place. Please drive slowly, watch out for others, and follow directions on where to position your vehicle. Please turn off your ignition prior to getting out of your vehicle.

Volunteers will help unload your boxes and bags of items. It would be helpful if you:

• Point out the items you are donating to ensure they are the only things removed from your vehicle.
• Provide the volunteers with information about any item you feel needs careful (fragile) or special (valuable) handling.

If you have furniture, large appliances, building materials, bicycles, camping equipment, and/or bed frames, you will be asked to keep those items in your vehicle and proceed to our secondary offloading site(s) in the north and/or south parking lots.

After your donations have been unloaded, please proceed to either the south or north gate to exit the school campus.

What We Accept

Click here to view a list of departments and what they are looking for.

What We Don’t Accept

There are some things we cannot accept, because:

• They may be difficult or impossible to sell (such as used wall-to-wall carpet).
• They are too dangerous to handle (such as hazardous materials).
• They need a warranty we can’t offer to our shoppers (such as infant car seats).

Click here to view a list of items we do not accept.

Items Subject to a Disposal Fee

We charge a modest fee for items that are costly to dispose of if they don’t sell.  These fees are paid to the disposal company to cover the costs we incur.