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Collections and DonationsDonate to CCSJ

When you click "Donate," you can designate your contribution for a favorite CCSJ program: Encounter El Salvador, Habitat for Humanity, Project Mexico, Spring Break Outreach, Thanksgiving Food Drive, Beans and Bread, Care-A-Van, or Presence for Christmas. Or simply donate to the General Fund that makes our work possible!

Collections

CCSJ organizes four major campus-wide collection progams:

  1. Thanksgiving Food Drive [November]
  2. Presence for Christmas [October - December. Registration takes place in October & November.]
  3. Good Stuff Campaign [May]
  4. Viva House food bag collection [Monthly]

Donations

For ways to use your resources for the greater good, check out our list of socially responsible purchasing ideas.

To donate specific items that do not fit the CCSJ- run collection programs listed above, consider the following alternative collection programs (indexed here):

Where can I donate....? 

                                         
Energy Overflow?
Have a lot of batteries?
Why not donate them to
CCSJ office?

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Swap out your books

The Book Thing puts
uwanted books into the hands
of those who want them. You
can drop off books 24/7.
Whether it's a children's book, a
how to, or European literature.
The Book Thing will take it.
The Book Thing Of Baltimore,
Inc.
3001 Vineyard Lane
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 662-5631
http://www.bookthing.org/

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Car
For vehicle donations
visit www.v-dac.com or
call 1-877-99-8322 for
more information.

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Used Clothing
Deposit any clothing in Loyola's
on campus St. Vincent de Paul's
clothing bin located in Gardens
(Bellarmine Hall).
Sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul
For more direction information of
drop off location look
at Loyola's Evergreen Campus Map:
http://www.loyola.edu/

 
Help Habitat for
Humanity
Donate Construction
materials.Chech out the
guidelines for donations at
www.chesapeakerestore.
org/donate/
Drop of location is at the
Baltimore Restore store
on:
505 Kane Sreet
Baltimore, MD 21224
For more information
call (410) 633-0505

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Electronics
Too much technology stored
within your home? Try sending
any unwanted electronics to
Green disk, an electronic
recycling service. For more
information visit
http://www.greendisk.com/

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Furniture
Making room for new
furniture. Donate, any
unwanted good condition
furniture to Habitat for
Humanity
, of the Chesapeake,
to help furnish families homes.
For drop-off location, guidelines,
or how to have your items picked
up visit http://www.chesapeakerestore
.org/donate/index.php?gclid=CljFrteGxak
CFYHb4Aod hX60w
Or call (410) 633-0506

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Glasses Anyone?
Have any old glasses that are
of no more use to you? Glasses
that are just sitting in their case
waiting to be used. Well, donate
them to Lions Clubs International.
Visit
http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/our-
work/sight-programs/eyeglass-
recycling/how-you-can-help.php
to find out more information on
where and how to send your unwanted
glasses to someone who needs them. 

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Medical Products
MedShare accepts any unused,
unexpired medical supplies.
Pleade donate now, find more
information (and list of acceptable
products) at
http://www.medshare.org/donate/
medical-product-donations?
gclid=CMDm7-iCxakCFYje4AodwVvYOw

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Musical Instruments 
Ethos is able to lend musical
instruments for free to low-
income students. Visit
www.ethos.org/donate
or
call Ethos' Instrument
Coordinator at
(503) 283- 8467, Ext. 104

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Shoes
"Changing the world, one
pair at a Time"
Sole 4 Shoes distributes
shoes to people in need all over
the world. Visit 
www.soles4souls.org to
get more information
on how to donate shoes.
  

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Too Much Soap!
Collected too much hotel soaps,
shampoos, or just have unused
brand of soaps home that 
you just don't use visit
www.cleantheworld.org

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Dress For Success
Are you really going to 
wear that again? If not, donate
your dress clothes to Dress For
Success
 you can either
visit http://www.dressforsuccess.
org/home.aspx
Or send an email to 
product@dressforsuccess.org
to find out more information.

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Stuffed Animals
Any old toys? Donate it to
the Marine Toys for Tots
Foundation
. To find a local
toy drop-off location visit
www.toysfortots.org

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Anything Else?
Donate it to the Baltimore Free
Store
. They accept clothing,toys,books,
baby items, household items, electronics,
media, computers, appliances, and
everything else (in good working 
condition). EXCEPT for furniture.
Visit www.freestorebaltimore.org
for more information
Store Lacation:
1413 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Md 21223

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