Anonymous
03/20/2025 20:15
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Police and fire may, but call first.
They want new ones, not ones kids have wiped cooties on, drooled on, etc.
My spouse is a LEO and I assure you they accept clean, used stuffed animals.
Gross.. You don't know where they've been.
Trust me, when you and your child are ever in the type of situation to receive one of these, it’ll be the very last thing on your mind.
Trust me...I donate to local women/children's centers, local school counselors, Goodwill, and Salvation Army. I only give new ones that I buy for that purpose and a few that only sat on a school shelf. Poor kids and abused kids deserve clean, unused stuffed animals to hug.
What would you donate new stuffed animals to places like Goodwill that will just sell them for much less? Just give Goodwill a check.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 20:14
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Police and fire may, but call first.
They want new ones, not ones kids have wiped cooties on, drooled on, etc.
My spouse is a LEO and I assure you they accept clean, used stuffed animals.
Gross.. You don't know where they've been.
Trust me, when you and your child are ever in the type of situation to receive one of these, it’ll be the very last thing on your mind.
Trust me...I donate to local women/children's centers, local school counselors, Goodwill, and Salvation Army. I only give new ones that I buy for that purpose and a few that only sat on a school shelf. Poor kids and abused kids deserve clean, unused stuffed animals to hug.
Ok, have a great day.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 20:13
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Police and fire may, but call first.
They want new ones, not ones kids have wiped cooties on, drooled on, etc.
My spouse is a LEO and I assure you they accept clean, used stuffed animals.
Gross.. You don't know where they've been.
Trust me, when you and your child are ever in the type of situation to receive one of these, it’ll be the very last thing on your mind.
Trust me...I donate to local women/children's centers, local school counselors, Goodwill, and Salvation Army. I only give new ones that I buy for that purpose and a few that only sat on a school shelf. Poor kids and abused kids deserve clean, unused stuffed animals to hug.
Your few that sat on a school shelf and my few that my kid played with for 10 minutes are the same.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 20:10
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
Anonymous wrote:Where is a good place to donate old stuffed animals? Specifically in Montgomery County.
National center for children and families in Greentree road in Bethesda.
They are umbrella organization for over 20 programs to help victims of domestic violence and homeless families.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 20:06
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
Interfaith Works in Rockville tales them
Anonymous
03/20/2025 20:04
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
People in our neighborhood have put out boxes of clean-looking stuffed animals with “free for dogs” signs. It’s my dog’s absolute favorite activity to choose one to carry home. Beats throwing them out!
Anonymous
03/20/2025 19:47
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
Our local small animal vets will take them as comfort objects for patients.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 19:01
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Police and fire may, but call first.
They want new ones, not ones kids have wiped cooties on, drooled on, etc.
My spouse is a LEO and I assure you they accept clean, used stuffed animals.
Gross.. You don't know where they've been.
Trust me, when you and your child are ever in the type of situation to receive one of these, it’ll be the very last thing on your mind.
Trust me...I donate to local women/children's centers, local school counselors, Goodwill, and Salvation Army. I only give new ones that I buy for that purpose and a few that only sat on a school shelf. Poor kids and abused kids deserve clean, unused stuffed animals to hug.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 18:55
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
VVA/Pickup Please takes them. And most other things as long as one person can reasonably carry the item. I've been using them for years and my house is looking great!
Anonymous
03/20/2025 18:48
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
One of the donation bins near us specifically says it accepts stuffed animals.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 18:47
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
Anonymous wrote:Put them in your recycle bin.
Ugh that’s called wishcycling. Youre just using tax dollars to pay someone to put it in the trash for you.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 18:46
Subject: Re:Donating Stuffed Animals
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Goodwill takes them I'm pretty sure. If not, you could cut them apart, put the stuffing in a bag and label it "polyester fiberfill". Put all the eyeballs in a bag, label it "craft supplies". Then Goodwill will take it.
If you brought this to a goodwill and they took it, it’s just because the person working the donation center was temporarily stumped. You just wasted resources so they could throw it away for you.
A huge amount of donations are just people using nonprofits for trash disposal because they can’t handle how much trash they have. But it’s wishful thinking. Don’t do this.
Goodwill’s website explicitly says it accepts stuffed animals.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 18:38
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Police and fire may, but call first.
They want new ones, not ones kids have wiped cooties on, drooled on, etc.
My spouse is a LEO and I assure you they accept clean, used stuffed animals.
Gross.. You don't know where they've been.
Trust me, when you and your child are ever in the type of situation to receive one of these, it’ll be the very last thing on your mind.
Anonymous
03/20/2025 18:35
Subject: Donating Stuffed Animals
Anonymous wrote:Where is a good place to donate old stuffed animals? Specifically in Montgomery County.
You could have a yard sale. We got a few from there and they were all clean
Anonymous
03/20/2025 18:28
Subject: Re:Donating Stuffed Animals
Anonymous wrote:Goodwill takes them I'm pretty sure. If not, you could cut them apart, put the stuffing in a bag and label it "polyester fiberfill". Put all the eyeballs in a bag, label it "craft supplies". Then Goodwill will take it.
If you brought this to a goodwill and they took it, it’s just because the person working the donation center was temporarily stumped. You just wasted resources so they could throw it away for you.
A huge amount of donations are just people using nonprofits for trash disposal because they can’t handle how much trash they have. But it’s wishful thinking. Don’t do this.