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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a large collection of lightly loved stuffed animals that I donated when I went away to college - to the children’s reading room at the local library. Please don’t throw them away before making at least a few calls to find local places that might accept them. As with anything they won’t want any that are really gross, but if they’re in good condition I’m guessing they are acceptable to some places. And yes, you can always list them on the Facebook marketplace as free to a good home and meet people in a public place to hand them off. There are a lot of really poor people right now who would love to have things to give to their children for birthdays etc. and can’t afford to buy anything.[/quote] I would add that a good place to contact would be battered women’s shelters and local family shelters. They might both be interested in having such toys on hand to comfort children made homeless by violence or poverty.[/quote] You are guessing wrong. I speak from experience - these places are inundated with requests from people trying to unload their secondhand stuffed animals. The amount of staff energy to make sure these items are clean (guess what, they’re usually not as clean as you think), safety-check, sort, organize etc these items is LITERALLY not worth it, and is one of the many many reasons why we request new items from our published lists only. I know it feels “wrong” to throw it away. This means too much was bought in the first place, not that you need to give it to someone else to make yourself feel better. [/quote] Listen little miss smarty pants - I’ve worked for battered women’s projects that DO accept stuffed toys as donations. I’ve donated my own. So YOU don’t have the skinny on every place in existence. You DO have the skinny on being an arrogant azzhole. Kudos to you![/quote] I'm sure your stuffies went to a great home. But the other little truth of the industry is that lots of charities accept all kinds of things and then just recycle or toss them. But it's better to make a good connection with the donor than send them away disappointed. [/quote]
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