Thanks to Sally Kurtzman for compiling this wonderful list of resources for those of us in the Denver Metro area that would like to recycle our stuff.
If you know of any changes, additions or have suggestions for this list you can email Sally at sallyk@ecentral.com
May 2010
WELCOME TO SECOND LIFE FOR STUFF
Let’s all try to reduce, reuse, reclaim, relocate, and RECYCLE more this year
And thanks for asking for this little booklet. It will give you an idea of places in Denver
A lot of these numbers listed here have been checked recently, but non-profits go in and out of business pretty fast, so always check before dropping anything off. The listings are alphabetical by type or category.
To contact me: sallyk@ecentral.com. Let me know of additions or corrections. And please keep me posted on new or changed sites. Many thanks!
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General
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Craig’s List (type in Denver/free/and put your listing in there) is a good site to get rid of things like appliances, moving boxes, and furniture
Any useful household items that you wish to donate to any of the resale places should be clean and really usable. Any torn, soiled, moldy, or broken items really should be thrown out. If you wouldn’t give it to a friend or sell it at a garage sale, then reconsider donating it. The following groups are happy to receive your household goods at their drop-off sites and will pick up when they are in your area. Remember that some pick-ups take six weeks to schedule:
Arc: (303) 238-5263 Salvation Army: 1-800-958-7825
VOA: (303) 295-2165 (also cars) |
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Aerosol Cans
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Empty the canister completely, take off the plastic cap and tip, and recycle with other cans.
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Airline Mileage
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UA (800) 421-4655 Charity Mileage CO (713) 952-1630 NW (800) 327-2881. A group collects miles for military families with wounded/ill soldiers: fisherhouse.org and click on “hero miles.”
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Aluminum pop-top rings
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Ronald McDonald House (303) 832-2667 (Please drop these off:
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Animal Food
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Leftover dry or canned animal food, litter, etc. is always welcome at the
Cat Care Society
Denver Dumb Friends League needs our help, too. Give them a call. 2080
Frozen meat: (720) 217-8989, Shirley’s Carnivore Carewagon.
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Anti-Freeze
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Clear Choice Antifreeze recycling: (302) 439-7081
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Appliances
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BUDS will take all working appliances: (303) 296-3990. Best to have old non-working appliances hauled (for a fee). Unwanted Appliances (303) 430-7142. Use LIP Service to have these hauled.
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Baby Blankets
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For infant burials of preemies or SIDS babies where the families are in need: marymadelineproject.com (this is in
Also Denver Medical Health has a baby dept. that wants all new baby items for indigent women.
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Baby Bud’s
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All baby items, clothing, furniture, toys, and all maternity items should go to Baby Bud’s, operated by single moms in a faith-based job training program. 3154 Downing (at
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Baby Stuff
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There With Care in
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Backpacks
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Colfax Comm. Network: Suzanne: 796
Also
VOA (303) 295-2165; Broadway Ass’t Center for people “moving on”: (303) 893-4108.
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Batteries
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(lead-acid and rechargeable): Batteries Plus: (303) 504-0101.
Car batteries: Auto Zones around the city. Save and get your neighbors to do a city-wide pick up of toxic items. 1-800-449-7587.
For the little batteries, save them up for local collections—announced in the paper or on TV.
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Blue Jeans
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Old jeans can be dropped off at the
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Bedding, worn
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See Rags but old mattress pads and soft sheets are often welcome at animal shelters.
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Beds
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Quality used beds are needed at the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. Ask for Family Support Services: (303) 293-2217.
Other refugee places (see Refugees) will take beds but no king-sized or water beds.
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Begin with Books Program
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(303) 220-7704 x287. Books and school supplies; Susan. Koebel Library. Call first.
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Bikes
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check
Bike Depot 303-393-1963 thebikedepot.org. W/4—7 Sat. 11-5 to donate: 2825
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Bikes for kids
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Bicycle
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Blankets & Towels
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Also Broadway Ass’t Center
Senior Support Services, 846 E. 18th. 303-832-1622 x204 Susan Walker.
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Books
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Denver Public Library has annual sales and will pick up large loads: (720) 865-2051 (or 52). Most libraries will take donations. Textbooks can really only be used for their paper. Take off the covers.
New Source: B-Logistics at 11111 E. 53rd (I-70 and
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Bottles
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See Jars
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Boxes
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Check U-Haul’s locations for used, new, resale, or free boxes.
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Cameras
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Alan Rabold teaches photography at New Vista High School Film cameras are always needed by his students so those who wish to donate to yet another good cause can consider donating camera equipment (point and shot are fine) to the creative students at New Vista High School.303-494-8037.
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Cans
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CanLand Recycling
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Car Seats
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Gently used ones, please!
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Cardboard
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The city will collect this now as part of the recycling.. Do break down your boxes first.
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Carpeting
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Scraps and other pieces can be kept out of landfills; check carpetrecovery.org and animal shelters for nice squareish pieces.
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Cars
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1 (866) 638-2277 (anything with an engine-they’ll tow)
KCFR and other outlets want these, but new tax laws (2/05) mean only the value of what they sell it for counts on your receipt. Also 1-877-KARS4Kids
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CDs
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CDs and DVDs can be taken to B-Logistics for sale or recycling. Check out their site: www.blogistics-online.com. Located at
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Cell Phones
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Easter Seals: sprintpcs.com. Three Sprint drop-off locations where all your info will be deleted; used for homeless and battered women:
Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter: (303) 343-1856 Heather M-W. They get money for them.
Also Cat Care Society will take them. (303) 239-9690 Fund raiser with cell phones:
pacebutler.com will buy all your cell phones, so if you want to run a fund raiser, contact them.
NEW: Cell phones for soldiers takes old cell phones, sells them to buy cards for the troops: cellphonesforsoliders.com.
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Children’s Museum
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They often need crafts and other useful kids things. Call and see what they need now: (303) 433-7444. M-F 9-4 They like coffee cans with lids, egg cartons, paper towel rolls, milk cartons, cereal boxes as well as containers (no meat trays).
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Children’s Rescue
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Gently loved toys and books for children in transition. 3201 S. University M-Th… 9-3, Sundays 9-1. 303-628-0477. They’d like newish shoes, too. Call before you go. Check out www.cr_foundation.org
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Children’s Toys
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A Denver-based online transaction site: Zwaggle.com will help you exchange used kids’ items.
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Christmas Cards
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St. Jude’s Ranch is no long taking these. Let me know of anyone.
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Christmas Items
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Santa Claus Shops:
Arapahoe Country: Peggy Parker: (303) 794-8439.
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Clothing
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Take items to resale shops or donate to Goodwill-type stores. See Men, Women, and Teen sections.
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Coats
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Channel 7’s annual coat drive yearly collects and cleans coats for the homeless. Next collection in November 2010 at any Dependable Cleaners.
Channel 2 has a fall drive with drop offs at any Denver Mattress Company. Watch the papers and news.
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Compact fluorescent bulbs
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CFLs contain mercury and should NOT be thrown in the trash.
Ace Hardware and Home Depot will collect them.
Call Excel for other locations.
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Compost
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There’s a bin behind Whole Foods (
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Computers
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Most businesses must pay ($20-40) for each machine recycled. For donations Try Tech For All: (303)777-7771 x114 that rebuilds computers for the community.
Youth Biz will take 17″ monitors or better along with any Macs: (720) 970-5117.
Also WINN (We’re Involving Neighbors Now) will take working computers for their community members. (303) 239-9123. 125 S. Kalamath.:
MeTech is good: 720-377-7700.
NOTE: A couple of times of year, various companies will take donations of ALL electronics so keep an eye out in the papers/TV for drop-off sites. Check with Metech.com and denverrecycles for updates.
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Construction Debris
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Good wood give to BUDS (303) 296-3990.
Oxford Recycling (303) 762-1160 will tell you what they will accept.
AME Cleanup (303) 279-2763 will rent you a trash trailer with no time limit or minimum, but there is a $250 pull fee.
Habitat for Humanity has a new outlet store: 710
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Coupons
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Box Tops for Education (General Mills): Christ the King Catholic Church;
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Creative Items
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Try: think360arts.org. They are local and support our schools. Dina: 720-904-8890.
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless needs crafty items that their clients can turn into sale items: (720) 329-4621.
Susan Oakes of the public library system needs them for kids’ projects: (303) 220-7704 x287.
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Crocs
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These can be remade into new shoes. Check with Crocs in
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Crutches
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Curtain Rods
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Apparently these can go to the Vietnam Veteran collection group: 1800-775-8387.
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Dell/Staples Teamup
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They are working to take Dell products at Staples. Call first.
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This detox facility with several outreach places needs single bed sheets, underwear, men’s clothing, games, cards, puzzles, toiletries, etc. Drop off at 1155 Cherokee.
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(1200 Federal) cares for
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Dressy Dresses
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– Hospice Thrift Store in
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E-cycling Days
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Watch the papers for electronic recycling vans in various neighborhoods and for earth fairs. Collect TVs, vcrs, and old computers now. There will be several pick ups throughout the year. Check Metech.com 720-377-7700.
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Egg Cartons
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The Children’s Museum can use these along with paper towel rolls, toilet paper (empty) tubes, food trays (hard ones, not Styrofoam but none that had meat on them), coffee cans with lids, empty food boxes…easy to drop off. Call: (303) 433-7444.
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Empty metal cans
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Cleaning products (like
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Eye glasses
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LensCrafter and Lions Clubs have a “Recycle for Sight” collections. Call 1-800-747-4448 for a location near you or check LensCrafters in the phonebook
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Fabric
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People Comforters, Mary, (303) 697-9412;
Ladies Sewing Circle (303) 428-6809 will take buttons, zippers, and fabric, anything with sewing.
How about braiding some rugs from clothing? Call Betty (303) 757-0128.
Firehouse Quilts makes blankets for kids after fires and want 100% cotton.: Dusty: (303) 683-6455
Ugly Quilts (but they aren’t) make hundreds of quilts and right now need only neck ties to wrap and hold them: Gladys (303) 659-0250..
ABC Quilts sews for children who are victims of abuse. They need fabric and other sewing items: Glenna Kellogg: 303-988-4941 or Bonnie Rogerson: 303-526-1452. Check what fabrics they need.
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Fake plastic credit cards
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These are NOT recyclable. Take them off of the paper and throw into the trash.
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Food in Cans
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Dry products: Dry food and cans to the twice-a-year postal carrier pick up, any food bank, or Denver MetroCareRing:
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Frozen Meat
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Normally we don’t do food, but this group, Shirley’s Carnivore Carewagon feeds wolves and needs meat (frozen). (720) 217-8989. Drop off: 2720 S. Tejon Ron). If your freezer defrosts, this is a great location for food.
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Furniture
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Catholic Workers Store, (303) 296-4973;
Sacred Heart House, (303) 296-6686;
Ecumenical Refugee Service, (303) 860-0666;
DENUM (
Family Thrift Centers (303) 455-8788;
Sister Michael Mary operates a great “mix-and-match” program to give the right people furniture. (303) 360-9686.
Family
Lutheran Family Services will also pick up furniture: 303-389-2336.Three’s anew furniture bank: www.nationalfurniturebank.org.
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Gadgets
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Your electronic, cell phones, lap tops can be SOLD. Try buymyelectronics.com and myboneyard.com
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Games, puzzles, cards
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Denver Cares, 1155 Cherokee, needs entertainment for its clients. Any games, books, magazines, puzzles, etc. is greatly appreciated.
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Gathering Place
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Hair
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See Locks of Love for donating hair to individuals. Hair for the Gulf should go to Matter of Trust (team@matterof trust.org)…this is expensive to send but for hair salons, this could work.
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Hangers
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Continental Cleaners on
Check Martinizing Dry Cleaning on Broadway in
Dependable Cleaners at 3626
Mayfair Cleaners, too.
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Hazardous Waste
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Anything in your home that might be toxic, poisonous or hazardous in any way should not be placed in landfills. Oil-based paints, pesticides, batteries, anti-freeze, etc. should be disposed of by experts. Call 1-800-449-7587 for a city pick up. They will do this once a year for you. Organize your block and have them pick up everyone’s hazardous wastes.
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Hearing Aids
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Lions Clubs or check with Carolyn Kennedy (303) 567-2555. Dan Fullerton: 303-689-9985
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Hospital Equipment
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HELP, the Hospital Equipment Lending Program loan loans out commodes, canes, walkers and wheelchairs. Have some? Call them: 303-322-1688 1400 Josephine
New medical equipment is needed by Metro Community Provider Network: (303) 761-1977 x124.
Crutches: (303) 877-2803.
Hearing Aids: Dan Fullerton: 303-689-9985.
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Household Items
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African Community Center 410 Broadway 10-6 T-Sat. will pick up household items for LEGAL refugees: furniture, pots, pans, dishes. 303-399-4500…
Senior Services: Susan, 303-832-1622 x204.
Ecumenical Refugee Service is also a great outlet for LEGAL refugees; will pick up. 303: 860-0128.
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Household cleaners
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See Hazardous Waste
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I Pods
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New outlet of a company that will BUY your dead IPods: buymytronics.com. He will also take other electronic gadgets that don’t work.
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Inorganic Materials
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Twice a year there’s a pick up on this. Check with the city for the dates: (720) 865.6900 or www.denvergov.org/trash.
Classes are offered in mulching and composting; call the city: (720) 865-6900.
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Jars, Bottles
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Most jelly-makers want clean small jars with lids. Pass these along to friends or recycle the glass in bi-weekly collections. Coffee cans with lids can now go to the Children’s Museum (no sharp edges, please).
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Jeans
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Blue jeans are needed at The Bus Stop Group which weekly feeds and clothes the homeless. Camilie
Wearable Jeans can go to the Grant Avenue Street OutReach: 303-778-7579 or dropped off at Ichabods at 2 So. Broadway.
Torn ones can go to the
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Jewelry
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The
CWEE 1175 Osage
Denver Woman’s Press Club has an annual sale: (303) 838-1519 for its scholarship fun. Will pick up costume jewelry.
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Kids toys & books
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Kids’ Clothing
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Good items:
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Kids’ Hats
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New: For the oncology center at Children’s Hospital. Judy (303) 973-8652.
Women’s hats for cancer patients: Rocky Mtn. Gynecologic Oncology. 701 E. Hampden: 303-781-9090.
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Kitchen tools, dishes, etc.
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Box these up for women’s shelters.
Ecumenical Refugee Service, (303) 860-0666.
Samaritan House: 2301
Also,
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Labels
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Campbell Soup labels to
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Leaves & yard waste
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City drop-off once a year in the fall: DenverGov.org/Denverrecycles. 720-865-6810. Open through Dec. 5.
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Linens
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Any good usable sets of linens, package up in bags with sheets and pillowcases for Ecumenical Refugee Service (303-860-0128). They have families waiting for furniture and bedding and appreciate any donations.
Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter needs good linens for women moving on.
Interchurch at
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Locks of Love
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This organization takes your hair for kids who need wigs. www.locksoflove.org
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Lutheran Family Services
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They help refugees and people seeking asylum. 303-389-2336 and need all household items for a starter apt: bedding, towels, pots and pans. Will pick up furniture.
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Magazines
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Magazines that can not be recycled to be read (in other words not older than two years), should be donated for its paper to any number of magazine recycling boxes around town. The blue boxes for Tri-R Recycling will accept these: call (303) 399-4055 for a location near you or newspaperbins.com to recycle the paper. All magazines can go in the city’s purple bins.
CU Hospital would like magazines and VCR tapes or DVD’s at 9th and
Old National Geographic’s have little worth these days. If you’ve checked with a local school or library and they say NO, understand that they have limited space and are using a lot of micro-fiche and film and have no storage space. Some daycare centers like the magazines for pictures; please check around. But at least the paper can be recycled.
Other ideas:
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Make up
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Expired make up should not go into the trash; much of it can be composted. Some make up turns rancid. New solutions will be here soon. Meanwhile, let your kids play “dress up” with it.
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Mattresses
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Ecumenical Refugee Service: (303) 860-0128 Clean and no king or waterbeds, please.
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Medical Stuff
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Any wheelchairs, crutches, canes, walkers can be used by Project Cure: (720) 323-5448. They also want bandages, cloth, and general supplies.
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Medicines
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Any unopened or un-expired medicine will be taken by
Project Cure: (720) 323-5448. They will pick up.
The Dominican Sisters Home (303) 322-1413 x 22 would like medical supplies, too. Ask for Donna. They also loan free of charge to those without insurance ability to pay, used equipment. This is a great group: 2501 Gaylord. Pedometers, exercise videos, pill boxes, measuring cups:
Metro Community Provider Network: (303) 761-1977 x124.
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Men’s Clothing
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Men at Work (303) 433-0300;
WINN (303) 237-9123.
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Mirrors
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The glass can not be recycled; place in a paper bag so the trash people are not injured with the broken pieces. Whole mirrors go to Goodwill.
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Musical Instruments
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Call your closest
16202 Parkside Drive Parker, CO 80134www.BringOnTheMusic.org Phone: 303-522-6662 |
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Mulch
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The first Sat. in May, the City of
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New clothes
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Any new piece of clothing can go to: New Garments Always through
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Office envelopes
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With plastic windows, recycle with regular paper.
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Office Furniture
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Provider’s Clearinghouse is a good group helping non-profits with office furniture. They will pick up large donations: (303) 962-2270. 14201 E.,
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Office Stuff
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Paper, scissors, rulers, lined tablets, folders—all administrative items the Samaritan House can always use these: (303) 364-3177.
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Oil
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Up to 5 gallons: Advanced Auto Parts, Auto Zone, Checker, Grease Monkey
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Outdoor Gear
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Unwanted hiking, climbing, backpack equipment can be given to a new
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Padded envelopes
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With bubble wrap, can’t be recycled. Reuse and then pitch.
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Paint
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Latex can be pitched. Fill with kitty litter. Oil-based paint, call Hazardous Waste 1-800-449-7587. Go to earth911.org to see what’s happening with new promotions.
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Paper towel Rolls
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Empty paper towel or toilet paper rolls can go to the Children’s Museum.
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Peanuts from Packaging
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Most pack and ship places will take CLEAN ones. 1-800-828-2214.
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Phone Books
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Put these in the purple bins. Hooray for the city for collecting them now. To not get the yellow pages, call: 1-888-492-8721 or yellowpagesoptout.com; Verizon books: 1-800-555-4833. Penny Parker recently recommend The Gabriel Foundation for books so their parrots could shred them: 303-629-5900.
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Phone No Call Number
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Cell phones as of 11/08 are fair game for telemarketers. Call 1-888-382-1222 to get on the list to get off the call list.
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Pizza boxes
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Do not put greasy food-stained boxes with other paper/cardboard. If clean, put with other cardboard/paper.
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Plant Containers
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Country Fair,
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Plastic Bags
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Newspaper bags can be left in containers in parks for people to use to pick up animal waste. Some people “knit” them into rugs! Take old ones back to all front-range Albertson’s and Kings. There’s a kiosk in the front lobby.
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Plastic wrap
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Used, throw away. Too tough to recycle with other plastics.
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Plastics
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In Denver, Waste Management accepts No. 1; soda and water bottles; No. 2, milk and detergent bottles; No. 3 cooking oil bottles, window cleaners bottles; No. 4 squeezable bottles such a honey containers; No. 5 yogurt and butter tubs; No.6 some plastic cups, CD cases; No. 7: rigid plastic such a Nalgene water waters.
UNWANTED: frozen-entrée micro-wave trays, food trains, film canisters, plastic bags, motor oil and antifreeze container
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Postage Stamps
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Prescription Drugs
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Starfish Project collects some unused meds. Unopened, Project Cure.
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Print Cartridges
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(720) 933-6164 Cerebral Palsy; Christ the
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Prom Dresses
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Check papers in early Feb/March. for listings. A current one is dressedtothenines.org and will take prom dresses dropped off at Dependable Cleaners where they will be cleaned free of charge and sold in March at GW High School
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Propane Tanks
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Metro Gas: (303) 428-3036
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Pumpkins
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After Halloween last year was a composting group who would take these. Look in the papers in early Nov.
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Rags (garage)
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Who knows who wants these?
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Rags, soft and clean
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Refugees
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LEGAL: Ecumenical Refugee Service: 303-860-0666;
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Ribbons – Typewriter
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303) 377-4695; Cerebral Palsy: 1-888-363-3803. Office Max takes them. They now re-fill ink cartridges.
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Ronald McDonald House
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Sewing Items
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Scissors, threads, and needles, etc. to the Denver Sewing Referral Network: Linda Franklin (303) 933-7697. Check with Fabric section for other useful names and numbers.
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Shoes
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Pedestrian Shop,
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Shower Curtains
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Most are made of PVC and can’t be mixed with other plastics. Use for barrier under blankets for picnics or in gardening.
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Six Pack rings
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Some schools kids collect them. Ringleaderrecyclingprogram.com might give you some ideas. Be careful in disposing in parks or near beaches.
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Small working appliances
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Most shelters and centers will take them for people starting out in apartments. If they don’t work, pitch them. Be honest about this.
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Smiley Public Library
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4501 W. 46th They have a check out with toys and books
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Sneakers
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1-800-352-NIKE (6453)Kicks4kidz is a good site.
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Soap dispensers
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The pumps kind can be tossed with other plastics.
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Sporting Equipment
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The Assistance League of Denver would like your old equipment. 1331 E. Colfax (303) 861-2122. This is also a great place to shop. Check the papers for sales and trades summer/fall. New site: ZWAGGLE.com lets you trade items. A new source for buying and selling your equipment has opened. Check out: www.BuySellOutdoorSports.com (www.next-ascent.com)
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Stamps
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Lynn Stanley: 303-237-7704 x 238.
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Stuffed Animals
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Child Rescue (cr-foundation.org) needs stuffed, plush animals, slightly used, lightly loved. 3021 S. University, 9-4 M, Tues and 9-1 Sunday.
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Styrofoam Molded Pieces
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Advanced Foam Plastics: 5250
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Suitcases
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Suitcases For Kids (foster kids program for moving from one home to another) is on hiatus now. Try VOA:
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Take-out food containers
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Most are not recyclable and contaminate loads when pitched. New form of recyclable boxes will be here—soon.
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Teacher Stuff
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Register at www.clasroomswishlist.org for items. Also check out Ezschoolsupplies.com. If you have things for teachers, contact your local school. The school secretary should know what people want or need.
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Teachers
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Teens’ Clothing
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Teens in shelters and on the move need newish name brands (they want to be “in” too).
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Textbooks
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Most old textbooks have little reading or historical value (sorry!). Mostly it’s sentimental but the paper can be recycled. Recycle
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There Who Care
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New to
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Ties
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Old neckties are needed by the Ugly Quilt sewers: Gladys: (303) 659-0250; Miriam: (303) 659-0928. Their quilts are actually beautiful–call to see how you can help
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Tin foil
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Aluminum foil…rinse it off, ball it up, and toss with other aluminum.
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Tires
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Jaitires: 4591 Ivy (303) 322-7887 ($1 a tire to recycle them into safe playground material under swings, etc.)
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Toiletries (little soaps, shampoos)
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The Gathering Place (303) 321-4198; Broadway Ass’t Center, 605 W. 6th Ave. (303) 893-4108; Denver Metro CareRing 1100 E. l8th Av (303) 860-7200. City offices for social services:
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Tools
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Samaritan House: (303) 294-0241 and all household items for people moving into new places. Most shelters are happy to have boxes of tools.
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Towels,
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See Rags if you have worn towels. St. Francis Center: 2323 Curtis St. (303) 297-1576 (They could also use baby powder, Vaseline, shaving cream, men’s cologne, and baking soda.)
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TV’s
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After June 09, these may be tough to get rid of. Stay tuned for groups collecting them.
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Vacuums & Lamps
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Vases
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Take clean ones to a local hospital gift store or a favorite florist. Call them first. Some nursing homes will take these.
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Videos
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Children’s movies to any shelter, Ronald McDonald house, library sales
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1323 Gilpin. (303) 320-5035/ 320-5020 (for women transitioning…they could also use vacuums and lamps). (303) 832-2667
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Washcloths
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Broadway Ass’t Center,
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Wigs
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In general, cancer patients can really use new ones. Because of the fragility of the patient, old ones don’t work; give them with kids to play with. But if you have new ones: Rocky Mtn Gynecologic: 701 E. Hampden #210: 303-781-9090 is a good spot
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Wine corks
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Plastic corks can not be composted or recycled. Use in art projects. Real cork can be composted.
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Women’s Clothing
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St. Joseph’s for clothes: 623 Fox (720) 904-2099; CWEE (Center for Work Education and Employment) is a favorite place for good women’s clothing for those heading back into the work force; this is a wonderful woman-training program. (303) 892-8444. They take clothing the first week of the month:
takes clothes from 9-5 at their central office:
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Work Clothes
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Yarn
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All leftover yarn and other knitting supplies can be dropped off at I Love Knitting at 600 S. Holly St. Unite 102. 303-399-5648.
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Yogurt cups
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No. 5’s along with butter tubs and clear plastic “clamshells” are OK. Most can not be recycled. Some places recycled them into toothbrushes etc.
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GOOD NUMBERS TO HAVE
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Abandoned Cars
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Detail: (720) 913-1747
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Appliance Haulers
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(fee) (303) 430-7142
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Baby BUDs
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Takes all baby and children’s items: (303) 364-2494 at 3154 Downing. Great place for good baby stuff plus the women working there are gaining work experience.
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BUDS
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(Building Unity and Dignity through Service): takes all Household construction-type items, like a thrift Home Depot. (303) 296-3990. This is a super organization and you should visit
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Colfax Community Network
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303-360-9175 helps with families stuck in East Colfax hotels.
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CWEE
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(Center for Work Education and Employment): (303) 892-8444. Women’s work clothing, good working computers, maternity clothes, gift certificates
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Detox facilities need clothing, games, underwear. 1155 Cherokee.
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(720) 865-6805. denvergov.org/denverrecycles.
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(303) 297-1815. Wonderful place that needs all men’s clothing/shoes/books, food
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Do Not Call Registry
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: 1-888-382-1222 to get off lists. www.donotcall.gov to verify you’re on the list or to report numbers. Phone books: Put these in the purple bins. Hooray for the city for collecting them now. To not get the yellow pages, call: 1-888-492-8721 or 1-877-2GET DEX (1-800-929-3556). To get off catalogs, call 1-888-567—8688. A Junk Mail Kit will be sent to you if you call Denverrecycles@ci.denver.co.us (720-865-6805). Also check out proquo.com for junk mail help.
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DumpsterViolations
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720-913-0651
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Graffiti Hotline
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(720) 865-7867
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GRX
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Guaranteed Recycling Experts: 720-377-7700.
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Habitat for Humanity
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(303) 722-5863 or (720) 377-0655. 710
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Jeffco Action Center accepts lots of things – office supplies, clothes, foods, empty pill bottles – plastic only (washed), empty plastic food containers (margarine, etc.) (washed), soaps, shampoos, etc., rubber bands, water bottles (not like a one-use bottle, but like an athletic one). They use brown paper grocery bags, and with the increased use of fabric ones, they are receiving less of these and have a need.
· Household items – bedding, linens, pots, pans, dishes, small appliances, and other household necessities…fans, lamps, cleaning supplies, towels
· Items for their Santa Shop
· Toys – new, for children aged 0-14
· School supplies – basic supplies for all grades
· Personal Items: See www.jeffcoac.org / Donate for a list and links to other lists)
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Keep
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(720) 865-6800
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LIP Service
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(Large Item Pickup 4x a year in a
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Lutheran Family Services
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Has refugee and asylum people. Needs all kinds of home start up stuff. Will pick up furniture: 303-389-2336.
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Metro CareRing
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Good collective group helping others. (303) 860-7200. Food, clothing, bus tickets, etc.
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Neighborhood Liaison, Mayor’s
Office
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Heather Barry: 720-865-3199
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Pot Holes
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311
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Providers Clearinghouse
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Office items for non-profits: (303) 962-2270.
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Recycle
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(303) 914-1421
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Ronald McDonald House
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(303) 832-2667: leftover dishwasher soap, cleaners, passes to museums and zoos. Call for current list.
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Senior Support Services
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Sister Carmen/Lafayette
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– Sister Carmen in
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There Who Care
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A new group in
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TRI-R
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Good recycling people, magazines, paper, cans, steel. (303) 399-6351. They have more than 600 blue bins around the city for magazines and paper: newspaperbins.com.
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(303) 320-5035 1323 Gilpin for mothers getting back on their feet
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WINN
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We’re Involving Neighbors Now. Great group with lots of resources for computers, as well as a food and clothing bank, too. (303) 239-9123 125 S. Kalamath
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TIPS FOR CLEANING & RECYCLING
l. Make piles for the a) trash b) for giveaway to family and friends c) for pick up by groups d) for storage. Consider an estate sale if the process of unloading your home of “stuff” is too overwhelming. Agencies take a percentage (30-40%), but they handle all the pricing, sorting and setting up with signs, etc. Sell stuff on ebay, good china/crystal through LaCache, and check out the stores along South Broadway.
l. Make piles for the a) trash b) for giveaway to family and friends c) for pick up by groups d) for storage. Consider an estate sale if the process of unloading your home of “stuff” is too overwhelming. Agencies take a percentage (30-40%), but they handle all the pricing, sorting and setting up with signs, etc. Sell stuff on ebay, good china/crystal through LaCache, and check out the stores along South Broadway.
For estate sales (not garage sales), a good contact is David Little of Prairie Sales: prarieestatesales.com.
2. Put magazines in your car for drop offs at hospital, Kaiser, daycare or the blue drop-off boxes around town.
3. Give away items before they rot, break, get moldy, or lose value. It if doesn’t work, get rid of it. No one wants broken torn items. Most small appliances are not worth repairing (drat); if anyone knows a company that will fix them, please let me know.
4. “Make it do, Wear it out, Use it up, Do without” in not collecting more items.
5. Recycle food, gifts, your blood (Bonfils: (303 341-4000), your old cars (anything with an engine even if you don’t have a title or a key (303) 462-6859).
2. Put magazines in your car for drop offs at hospital, Kaiser, daycare or the blue drop-off boxes around town.
3. Give away items before they rot, break, get moldy, or lose value. It if doesn’t work, get rid of it. No one wants broken torn items. Most small appliances are not worth repairing (drat); if anyone knows a company that will fix them, please let me know.
4. “Make it do, Wear it out, Use it up, Do without” in not collecting more items.
5. Recycle food, gifts, your blood (Bonfils: (303 341-4000), your old cars (anything with an engine even if you don’t have a title or a key (303) 462-6859).