How to Donate Your Great Stuff to Creative Reuse
Your donations make this whole Creative Reuse world go ’round.
Step 1: Learn what we accept ...
Thank you for choosing reuse! If this is your first time donating to us, please check out the three links below. If you’ve donated before, thanks for coming back and please check our current list of items we temporarily cannot accept (center link below). Once you’ve reviewed what we can accept, go to Step 2 below.
General donation policies
- Our preferred times for accepting donations are between 11:30 AM and 4:30 PM.
- Donated items should be “shop ready” – clean, usable, and ready to be sold. Please check items with batteries and remove all batteries, especially corroded ones, before donating and exposing our staff to toxic battery acid.
- Please note: we will take a look through your items and hand back anything we cannot accept.
- Donated materials must be securely boxed and covered (except large items).
Please do not leave donations outside our door. Unfortunately, any materials left outside must be thrown away.
Step 2: Determine how much you have to donate?
Have 1 box* or less?
More than 1 box*?
*What we mean when we say box: a box about the same size as a standard-sized copy paper box measuring 12″ x 10″ x 15″.
Step 3: What type of donation are you making?
Personal
Making a donation for yourself, a friend, or a family member?
These would be materials from your/their home.
Click the button matching your donation size.
Design Sample
Making a donation of expired samples on behalf of your architecture or design firm?
These items include: samples of carpet, floor, wallpaper, fabric, laminate, countertop, etc.
Business or Nonprofit
Making a donation from your workplace, office, or small business (this includes professional artists and designers)?
These items include: office supplies, branded swag, studio equipment, tools, surplus, etc.
1 Box or Less = Walk-in Donation
We can accept one box per household per day as a walk-in donation during regular shop hours (11 AM – 5 PM daily). No appointment necessary.
Donation Day Instructions
- Bring your boxes to the Donation Desk. Carts are available at the front door, or if needed, a staff member can assist you.
- Be prepared to give us some personal information (name, zip code, etc.) and to take back any items we cannot accept.
- Ask for a donation receipt, if you want one.
- Bring your boxes to the Donation Desk. Carts are available at the front door, or if needed, a staff member can assist you.
Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse is located at 214 N Lexington St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208 in the same building (but around the corner and through a different door) as Construction Junction. Click the maps for directions and parking.
More than 1 box = Scheduled Donation Appointment
We’ve recently switched to a new donations appointment scheduler through Square. We hope this will provide an improved and consistent donations appointment scheduling experience. Despite this switch, our donation guidelines have not changed!
Please email donations@pccr.org or call us at (412) 473-0100 with any questions you may have about our new scheduler!
Since you have more to donate make a material donation appointment using our donation scheduler. Please note: there’s a two box maximum per appointment and appointments cannot be combined with walk-in donations. You will receive a confirmation email after you make your appointment, as well as a reminder before your appointment.
Having trouble? See Attention Please below.
- You can schedule your donation appointment for up to 60 days in the future. You won’t see any available slots on the scheduling software after that point, but yes, we absolutely will be taking donations beyond that point! Hang tight! Every day, another day appears on the scheduler, like magic.
- Don’t see any available slots within 60 days? We’re sorry! All appointment slots have been filled. Please check back another time, or utilize our walk-in donation option, where you can bring one box of donations per household per day without an appointment.
Donation Day Instructions
- Bring your boxes to the Donation Desk. Carts are available at the front door, or if needed, a staff member can assist you.
- Be prepared to take back any items we cannot accept.
- Ask for a donation receipt, if you want one.
- Bring your boxes to the Donation Desk. Carts are available at the front door, or if needed, a staff member can assist you.
Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse is located at 214 N Lexington St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208 in the same building (but around the corner and through a different door) as Construction Junction. Click the maps for directions and parking.