Monthly Donation Drives

This year, we are doing our clothing drives on a monthly basis, so that you can get rid of all of those unwanted items as you change over your closets to get ready for next season. We're also pleased to inform you that we will be collecting household items & office supplies in addition to clothing, so that you can declutter more and help low-income children at the same time.

100% of all donations will help fund our Back-To-School, Easter & Christmas deliveries, with registration starting in August, April & November. See details at the bottom of the page.

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WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR DONATIONS?

1) Each month, we get donation requests from our recipients, so we allow them to come in on sorting days and pick out any of the items that they might need. 

2) We save many items to distribute during the monthly Community Homeless Meal such as: hats, mittens, gloves, scarves, coats, men's shoes, water bottles, backpacks.

3) We also donate to several organizations such as last month when we got a surplus of Mary Kay products that we donated to Dress For Success, and we use all toiletries that are donated to give out to the homeless population when we do our community meals.

4) Nicer or larger items, we put into our MaxSold secondhand auctions held 4 times per year & new items we put into our Mobilbid silent auctions held as our Christmas and Spring-Into-Summer fundraisers.

5) Lastly, after we collect them from you or you drop them off at one of our centers, we sort through everything and then have REMAINING ITEMS picked up by our clothing recycling partners, City Recycling, who pay us by the pound for all the donations we deliver. Next, we use the funds to purchase items that are being delivered directly to our recipients. We are an entirely volunteer run organization, so none of the profits go towards salaries, renting trucks, storage units, rental spaces, etc.

WHAT WE ACCEPT

• Soft Goods: clothing, shoes, accessories, linens (goes in garbage bags)

• Household: kitchen items, decor, toys, games, small appliances, small electronics (goes in boxes)

• Media: books, movies, music, video games (goes in boxes)

• Office supplies: paper, lamps, stationary (goes in boxes)

WHAT WE DON'T ACCEPT

• Broken or missing pieces

• Rips, stains, damaged goods

• Furniture and large appliances

• Infant supplies (car seats, strollers)

• Safety equipment (bike helmets)

• Tv and computer monitors

• Car parts or construction materials

• Weapons or flammable products

• Food, plants, pets or perishables 

★ NOTHING OVER 18" without express permission 

Repurpose all your used office supplies by donating them to our drive, which helps fund our initiatives for local low-income disabled families! 

WHAT WE ACCEPT:

Any non-furniture items that fit in a garbage bag or box!

• Stationary

• Technology

• Paper 

• Lamps 

• etc...

Have new supplies too? Unused office supplies can be donated to our Back-To-School Supplies Drive which are redistributed directly to our low-income clients!

Contact:

Email helping.toronto.2020@gmail.com or Call Sarah at 647-451-3663

NEXT PICKUP:

Sunday, November 19th, 2023

(9:00am-1:00pm)

If you have a minimum of 2 garbage bags full or 3 boxes full of donations or a combination (see "What To Donate" regarding bags vs boxes), and you are unable to deliver to one of our drop-off locations, please complete the form at the link above, in order to have your donations collected.

All of your secondhand donations, will be donated to Value Village in Toronto, where we receive a financial donation in return. 100% of this funding will help purchase gifts for Our THIRD Annual Easter Delivery & FOURTH Annual Christmas Toy Drive.

(Please click the button above to be redirected to the "Christmas Toys 2023" page.)