Donations & Recycling Resources
Find donation and recycling resources and organizations below.
Appliances:
- Habitat for Humanity
- habitat.org
- Many Habitat for Humanity ReStores which sell construction supplies and household goods, will pick up large appliances. You can also drop off small appliances and other items
Baby Items:
- Hamilton Hills Church Foster Care Closet
- hamiltonhills.org/go/
- Located at FHS. Contact Becca Burchette https://fhs.hseschools.org/staff-email?e=fd1d2741-6cd8-43ca-a1eb-c4c0656dcad0
Books:
- Books for Soldiers
- booksforsoldiers.com
- Let’s ship your books directly to service members with your reading tastes
- Operation Paperback
- operationpaperback.org
- Collect gently used books and send them to American troops overseas
- Hamilton County Public Library
- hepl.lib.in.us/
- Donate gently used books
- Free Little Libraries
- http://www.playfishers.com/437/Little-Free-Libraries
- There are currently 7 Little Free Libraries in Fishers Parks
Car Donations:
- Wheels for Wishes
- wheelsforwishes.org
- A car donation charity which benefits Make-A-Wish through the proceeds from the car donations
- Good Will Car Donations
- Veteran Car Donations
- veterancardonations.org
- Donate your car to veterans
- Breast Cancer Car Donations
- cardonations4cancer.org
- A car donation foundation which accepts vehicle donations for the fight against cancer
- Vehicles for Veterans
- vehiclesforveterans.org
- Donate your vehicle and give back to disabled veterans
Clothing and Accessories:
- Nordstrom
- nordstrom.com
- Every year, billions of pounds of usable clothing end up in landfills. An easy way to reduce the environmental impact of fashion is to keep clothing in use for longer—whether it’s in your closet or someone else’s. Through our clothing donation program, we hope to make it easy to give used clothing and accessories a second life. Together we can prevent waste and support nonprofit organizations. As part of our commitment to circularity, by 2025, Nordstrom aims to help customers donate 250 tons of used clothing and accessories. Clothing donation is available by mail nationwide—or you can drop off donations in western Washington Nordstrom stores, at Nordstrom in New York City and at Nordstrom Locals in the LA area and New York City. All donations are directed to nonprofit partners, where they’ll be sold to support community programs like job training, education and access to healthcare. Our priority is to keep clothing in use and out of landfills. If there is an organization in your community that you prefer to support with your donations, we encourage you to continue donating locally.
Computers:
- Globetops
- globetops.com
- A laptop you mail to Globetops will go to someone in need in the US or elsewhere
- National Cristina Foundation
- cristina.org
- Links you with charities in your neighborhood that could use your technology
- Hazardous Waste in Hamilton County
- hamiltoncounty.in.gov/262/Household-Hazardous-Waste
- Drop off household wastes such as chemicals, paint, electronics
Eyeglasses:
- Walmart Eye Clinic and Sam’s Club
- 2020image.com/how-to-donate-eyeglasses
- Donate your old eyeglasses to these organizations
Food Donations:
- Move for Hunger
- moveforhunger.org
- By providing people with the opportunity to donate their food when they move, we believe we can eliminate food waste during the relocation process. Why is that important? Because 35 million Americans move every single year. If we recovered just 1 pound of food from each of them, we’d be able to provide 29 million meals to people all across the country.
Formal Wear:
- Brides Across America
- bridesacrossamerica.com
- Accepts wedding dresses and special-occasion gowns for military and first responder brides
- Becca’s Closet
- beccascloset.org
- Provides prom dresses for high schoolers
Greeting Cards:
- Saint Jude’s
- stjudesranch.org/recycled-card-program/
- We are still accepting the fronts of your recycled cards (except for Hallmark, American Greetings and Disney which we are unable to accept due to copyright laws) as we continue to revamp our recycled card program in our effort to provide teens with life and work skills. Please SEND to: St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, 100 St. Jude’s St., Boulder City, NV 89005. We also accept new cards (any occasion) with or without the envelopes. Please do not send cards promoting other charitable organizations. We do not have any cards available to purchase at this time. If you have any questions, please call 702-294-7100.
Hazardous Materials:
- Hazardous Waste in Hamilton County
- hamiltoncounty.in.gov/262/Household-Hazardous-Waste
- Drop off household wastes such as chemicals, paint, electronics
Hearing Aids:
- The Starkey Hearing Foundation
- starkeyhearingfoundation.org
- Distribute recycled devices
- The Lions Club
- lionsclub.org
- Your local Lions Club may accept hearing aids
Mattresses:
- Salvation Army
- satruck.org/
- Will come to your house to pick up your old mattress for free
- Habitat for Humanity
- habitat.org/restores/donate-goods
- Will accept donations of mattresses
Medical Supplies:
- Project Cure
- projectcure.org
- Advocates for World Health accepts medical gear and unused supplies for worldwide use
- Med-Eq
- awhealth.org
- Connects your with charities seeking supplies and equipment
Medications:
- Fishers Police Department
- https://www.fishers.in.us/1074/Prescription-Drug-Drop-Box#:~:text=The%20Fishers%20Police%20Department%20has
- The Fishers Police Department has a prescription drop off box located in the main vestibule of the police department. Access to the vestibule is available 24/7. NO SHARPS (Needles, EpiPens, etc.) OR LIQUIDS are accepted in the drug drop off at Fishers Police Department.
Miscellaneous Donations:
- Free for Faculty Hamilton Southeastern Schools Facebook Page
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/884246528323115
- This group is for free donations to teachers in HSE school district. Items can be new or used. As part of your post you agree to drop your items off at the school of the person claiming your item within one week of their request.
Musical Instruments:
- Hungry for Music
- hungryformusic.org
- Takes most instruments in any condition and offers them to young musicians
- Guitars 4 Vets
- guitars4vets.org
- Welcomes guitars and related gear for its program helping veterans in need
Phones:
- Cell Phones for Soldiers
- cellphonesforsoldiers.com
- Donations fund calls for service members overseas
- Medic Mobile
- medicmobile.org
- Donations support health care in 26 countries
- More than a Phone
- https://www.tccgives.com/morethanaphone/
- More Than a Phone is our program that donates smart phones and data service to survivors of Domestic Violence. Our goal is to help those in need stay connected; as most of us know our wireless devices are nearly a necessity. When faced with a traumatic life event, the reassurance of being connected can help reduce some stress.
Shipping Boxes:
- Give Back Box
- givebackbox.com
- The purpose of Give Back Box® is to provide an effortless and convenient method of donating your used household items. Give Back Box not only provides an easy way to be part of a truly good cause, it gives a secondary use to corrugated boxes and guarantees they will be recycled. So, this is an all-round CSR & Sustainability solution.
Shoes:
- Soles4Souls
- soles4souls.org
- Gives new and gently used footwear to people worldwide
- One World Running
- oneworldrunning.com
- Sends nearly new athletic shoes to athletes in need