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(Charities that Collect Donations from Your Home)

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Are you cleaning out your closets and garages? Would you like donate your old items, but don't have the time or transportation to do so? The following is a list of charities that offer home pickup services for your donations! Donating items you no longer use not only benefits people in need - it helps the environment, and keeps our City's refuse costs low by reducing the items that end up in the landfill.

box truckThe City of St. Louis offers this list of charities, which is not inclusive, to help citizens find a new home for their old items. The City does not endorse any of these businesses or services. Space does not allow us to include all organizations that may be applicable to this list. The variety and availability of these services may change at anytime.


Amvets Thrift Store
314.388.3920

  • Accepted: furniture, clothing, microwaves, household items. Pick up is on a schedule, based on where you live.
  • No: large appliances, metal furniture

    Better Family Life
    314.454.0622

  • Call for more information on donations accepted.

    Catholic Family Services - Vietnamese Center
    314.664.8990

  • Call for more information on donations accepted.

    Catholic Hispanic Center
    314.773.6100 (x224)

  • Call for more information on donations accepted.

    Charity Clothing Donation
    314.416.1300

  • Call for more information on donations accepted.
  • Scheduled donations are collected between 10:00am and dark.

    Habitat for Humanity ReStore
    314.531.4155

  • Accepted: Household, building, and construction materials in good condition, including unopened paint cans, doors and windows, plumbing and electrical fixtures, lumber, appliances, cabinets, hardware, and roofing materials

    Human Development Corp. - NE
    314.613.2154 (x1306)

  • Call for more information on donations accepted.

    International Institute
    314.773.9090 (x145)

  • Accepted: furniture, bedding
  • No: appliances, beds, sleeper sofas, small household items

    Little Angel's Learning Center
    314.533.4760

  • Call for more information on donations accepted.

    MERS/Goodwill
    314.371.1296 (x272)

  • Call for more information on donations accepted.

    Missouri Council of the Blind Thrift Store
    314.868.7776

  • Accepted: clothing, dishes, most household items, furniture
  • No: metal furniture, torn, stained or broken items

    Salvation Army
    314.535.0057 (x1)

  • Accepted: all usable household items and clothing, nonperishable goods, most furniture, mattresses, box springs, beds
  • No: office furniture, pet supplies, exercise equipment

    St. Vincent De Paul Society of St. Louis
    314.531.9364 (x4)

  • Accepted: gently used furniture, household items, clothing (clean, with no rips, tears, stains), small appliances in good working order
  • No: large appliances, such as fridges, stoves, washing machines

    Vietnam Veterans of America
    314.423.8823

  • Call for more information on donations accepted.

    YWCA of Metro St. Louis - Head Start Program
    314.427.4940 (x236)

  • Note: the YMCA collects items once they have found a family in need of that item. Then, they take it directly to the family. Call ahead to let them know what you have to donate.

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