Red Door Donation Policy
We greatly appreciate your donations of new and gently-used merchandise in clean, salable condition.
Tax Deductions
Your donations to the Red Door are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Tax letters are cheerfully provided. Donor determines the fair-market value of donated items. By law, thrift shop staff is not allowed value your donations for tax purposes (typical valuations for used goods can be found on the internet).
No goods or services are provided in exchange for donated merchandise. The Red Door will not take a list of your donations, does not retain a copy of the tax receipt, nor do we have ability to provide verification upon audit.
Donation Dos and Don’ts
The Red Door counts on you, our generous donors – we wouldn’t be in business without you! However, your donations are only beneficial to the shop and church if they can be sold or distributed to those in need. We are not like the bigger thrift stores which have recycling streams for merchandise they cannot sell, so please do not donate items that are broken or clothing that is stained, torn, pilled or stretched out thinking “someone could fix or find a use for this.” Our shop is too small to wait for those someones. Thank you for understanding.
Due to space constraints, clothing should be seasonally appropriate.
Before you donate, please ask yourself whether you would buy it in its current condition.
Here are some items that we ask you do not donate, because we don't have the space, they don’t sell for us, because they are in poor condition and we have to trash them, or because selling them is prohibited by law:
Please keep the safety of our volunteers in mind when donating. Please do not pack your donations in large trash bags or boxes that cannot be easily lifted by our volunteers, many of whom are older.
We greatly appreciate your donations of new and gently-used merchandise in clean, salable condition.
Tax Deductions
Your donations to the Red Door are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Tax letters are cheerfully provided. Donor determines the fair-market value of donated items. By law, thrift shop staff is not allowed value your donations for tax purposes (typical valuations for used goods can be found on the internet).
No goods or services are provided in exchange for donated merchandise. The Red Door will not take a list of your donations, does not retain a copy of the tax receipt, nor do we have ability to provide verification upon audit.
Donation Dos and Don’ts
The Red Door counts on you, our generous donors – we wouldn’t be in business without you! However, your donations are only beneficial to the shop and church if they can be sold or distributed to those in need. We are not like the bigger thrift stores which have recycling streams for merchandise they cannot sell, so please do not donate items that are broken or clothing that is stained, torn, pilled or stretched out thinking “someone could fix or find a use for this.” Our shop is too small to wait for those someones. Thank you for understanding.
Due to space constraints, clothing should be seasonally appropriate.
Before you donate, please ask yourself whether you would buy it in its current condition.
Here are some items that we ask you do not donate, because we don't have the space, they don’t sell for us, because they are in poor condition and we have to trash them, or because selling them is prohibited by law:
- Air Conditioners
- Baby Equipment (cribs, bouncers, car seats, etc.)
- Beauty Products, opened or old (even if unopened)
- Bed Pillows, used
- Bike Helmets, used
- Blinds/Shades with pull cords
- Cassette and VHS Tapes
- Chipped Dishware/Glassware
- DME (Durable Medical Equipment – walkers, wheelchairs, etc.)
- Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Thesauruses
- Food Jars, Takeout Containers
- Giveaways (calendars, coozies, dreamcatchers, greeting cards etc.)
- Hazardous Materials (paint, solvents, pesticides, etc.)
- Humidifiers, used
- Knives – kitchen or otherwise
- Large Furniture, Mattresses, and Appliances
- Pet Hair (on clothing or household items)
- Skis/Poles/Ski Boots, Ice Skates
- Smells (i.e. smoke, body/foot odor, pet odor, strong perfume, mothballs, etc.)
- Smoke or Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Toys, Puzzles, or Games with Missing Pieces or Broken Parts
- TVs – Older (except vintage pre-1970)
- Underpants/Socks (unless new in package)
- Wires – Misc. Cords and Adaptors
Please keep the safety of our volunteers in mind when donating. Please do not pack your donations in large trash bags or boxes that cannot be easily lifted by our volunteers, many of whom are older.
