Monthly Donation Drives "Food, Clothing, Household"

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 & select office supplies in addition to clothing, so that you can declutter more and help low-income children at the same time. 

NEW this year... We're now accepting Unopened, Unexpired, NON-PERISHABLE FOOD items, for our 'Produce Market/Food Bank'.

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) All non-perishable food items go to our weekly 'Produce Market/Food Bank' for low-income families & seniors.

2) 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. 

3) 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, suitcases, tents and sleeping bags.

4) We collect small, working, secondhand electronics to distribute amongst seniors, refugees, and the unhoused... This includes items such as computers and laptops, tablets and cell phones, and small flat screen TVs.

5) 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 new women's clothing to Sistering Shelter. We use all toiletries that are donated to give out to the homeless population when we do our community meals.

6) 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.

7) 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

• Non-perishables: new, unopened, unexpired food items (goes in boxes or grocery bags)

• Soft Goods: clothing, shoes, purses, accessories, bedding, towels and other linens (goes in garbage bags)

• Electronics: working condition laptops, desktops, tablets, cell phones, small flat screen TVs (goes in boxes) we distribute these to seniors and refugees in need

• Office/School supplies: binders, paper and stationary (goes in boxes) From April-August ONLY, Must be new/unused

• Other: sleeping bags, tents, small collapsible camping chairs, working suitcases, duffel bags (goes in garbage bags) we distribute these to the homeless at our monthly meal

• Bags: reusable grocery bags, large enough to hold meals, nothing too small like for jewellery; grocery stores, Walmart, Dollarama, etc all okay (goes in garbage bags)

WHAT WE DON'T ACCEPT

• Household: kitchen items, decor, toys, games, small appliances, lamps, fans, small heaters

• Media: books, movies, music, video games

• Office: used supplies of ANY type including binders, lamps, ALL file folders

• Opened, expired or perishable food items

• Pillows or cushions (new or used)

• Broken or missing pieces

• Rips, stains, damaged goods

• Furniture and large appliances

• Infant supplies (car seats, strollers)

• Safety equipment (bike helmets)

• Computer monitors without tower and keyboard

• Car parts or construction materials

• Weapons or flammable products

• Plants, pets or perishables

• Restaurant takeout containers

★ NOTHING OVER 18" without express permission 

We are currently only picking up reusable bags if they accompany other donations. This will be for a limited time as each time we collect reusable bags we get a massive quantity or short period of time. 

We use these bags at our weekly produce market as well as our monthly homeless meal distribution.

We're no longer accepting take-out containers!

NEXT PICKUP:

Sunday, May 25th, 2025

(9:00am-1:00pm)

If you have a MINIMUM of 1 box full of non-perishable food or 2 garbage bags full of soft goods or 3 boxes full of hard goods 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. Reusable bags can be added on to any of these quantities.

Are you organizing a clothing swap but not sure what to do with the leftovers? We'd be happy to take your extra items! Please provide at least one week's notice, but obviously the more the better! You can call or text Sarah, our Executive Director, at 647-451-3663 to arrange pick-up or drop-off. You can also email her through the button below.

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 & FIFTH Annual Christmas Toy Drive.

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