Due to space restrictions, we are limiting donation times for Fall/Winter holiday items.
We are not open during the months leading up to Valentines’ Day, St. Patrick’s Day, or Easter, so we will not be accepting these decorations.
Using the Swap Shop
How Can Residents Use the Swap Shop?
Residents with a Transfer Station sticker can take or donate items from the Swap Shop from 9 a.m.to 2:30 p.m. when the Transfer Station is open on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
What CAN be donated to the Swap Shop?
All items donated to the Swap Shop must first be approved by a Swap Shop volunteer.
Items must be safe, clean, functional and in at least “good” condition.
Fall & Winter Holiday Items Policy
Please hold your winter holiday and Halloween items until later in the year.
- Halloween items after October 1st
- Thanksgiving items after November 1st
- Christmas and Hanukkah items also after Nov. 1st
What CANNOT be donated to the Swap Shop?
- Dirty, moldy or stained items
- Broken, nonfunctioning or items missing pieces
- Boxes full of unsorted items unless approved by a Swap Shop Volunteer
- Upholstered furniture or other bulky waste items unless approved by a Swap Shop Volunteer
- Construction materials unless approved by a Swap Shop Volunteer
- Appliances bigger than a microwave
- Hazardous materials or chemicals
- Child safety items (car seats, cribs that don’t meet safety specs, sports helmets, life jackets/Life preservers)
- Mattresses
- Opened or expired food, beverages, cosmetics
- Textbooks, dated manuals, or more than 1 box of books per resident (use the Books bin)
- Skis, Ski Boo
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