Donate Your Gently Used Goods

Cleaning? Moving? (in or out…) Redecorating?
Donate Your Gently Used Goods

Our charity services are funded in large part by our store sales. Here’s how your donated stuff makes a difference in helping others: the Life Cycle of a Donated Item. There are three easy ways to donate.

1. Bring your goods donations to any one of our seven Dane County St. Vinny’s stores during business hours. For store donation hours, click here. Our stores in Sun Prairie, Verona, Stoughton and on Odana Road all have drive-through donation centers for your convenience! All stores have someone to help you unload and get your receipt.
2. Drop boxes are perfect for small bags of clothes and shoes. Click here for locations.
3. Or, we’ll pick up gently used goods at your home free in most Dane County locations. Starting November 1, 2017, we have expanded our pick-up areas, with new towns and additional pick-up days! See Schedule a Home Pick-up schedule and instructions below.

What You Can Donate:

• Clothing, furniture and household items that are in clean, working condition and are suitable for resale in our stores
• Nonperishable food for our food pantry

Sorry, but no:

• ​Non-working or broken items​
• Items that are too large or heavy to safely handle
• Items that our trained staff determine have low or no resale value, high disposal costs or that could potentially harm our staff, customers or the environment
• Mattresses & box springs
• ​Computers & computer equipment​ (SVdP discontinued its ecycle program in April 2017)
• Televisions
• Sofa sleepers​ &​ reclining sofas
• ​Entertainment centers
• ​F​utons
• Baby furniture items such as​ car seats, cribs & ​strollers/​walkers
• Large appliances
• ​E​xercise equipment
• Hazardous materials
• Construction materials

Get ready to donate

Click for our handy packing guide!

• Please make sure that all small, loose items are packed either in boxes with the flaps closed or in bags that are tied shut (for soft goods only).
• In most cases, furniture should remain fully assembled. If you think an item would need to be taken apart to be moved, please ask the receptionist when you schedule your pick-up.

Is my donation tax-deductible?

For 2018, tax laws have changed, but the good feeling of helping someone else and having a cleaned out, organized closet, garage or kitchen never changes!

Visit the IRS website to help you understand goods donations and deductibility.

Schedule a Home Pick-up in one of two ways:

1. Call 608-278-2920. Our scheduling office is open Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5 pm and Saturday 8 am – noon.
2. Schedule online (click here). Please check the table below for each city’s pick-up days.

We can usually schedule a home pick-up with a two- to three-day notice. Generally we’ll be there between 8 am and 5 pm.

While we cannot schedule your pickup for a specific time, if you can’t be around all or part of the 8 am-5 pm timeframe, please request one of these options:

• On the morning of your scheduled pick-up, we will call you to give you a one- to two-hour time frame when you can expect us.
• You can leave your items outside (weather permitting,) on a covered porch or in a garage.
• You may request that your driver contact you by phone 20-30 minutes prior to arrival.

Thank you for your support!