Donate Items
Every year, homeless shelters and charity organizations nationwide receive hundreds of thousands of donations of food, clothing, furniture and other useful goods from concerned community members who want to help those living without basic necessities to lead stable, comfortable lives.
Unfortunately, all too often these items do not reach the people who really need them. The most well-known agencies get overloaded with things they can’t use, and have to direct resources towards redistributing or even discarding them. At the same time, smaller programs have to spend more of their already strained budgets on simple items like shampoo or socks.
The San Francisco Homeless Services Coalition is establishing a linking service to ensure that these valuable resources in the community are getting to the facilities where they will be used most effectively. We identify what the community has to offer and match it with the specific needs of our shelters. Please consider signing up to donate your items (be as specific as possible):
Clothing : adult men’s, women’s, youth, infant, maternity, socks and underwear
Furniture : mattresses, desks, couches, tables, bookshelves, storage
Household Items : kitchenware, dishes, utensils, pots/pans, appliances, linens, sheets, towels, toys, vacuum cleaners, cleaning supplies
Hygiene : toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, feminine products, diapers
Work/School : alarm clocks, calendars/planners, folders/binders, notebooks, paper, pens/pencils, markers/crayons, backpacks, books
Food : canned goods, dry goods, other non-perishable food items
Drop us a message and a way to contact you and we’ll add you to our database, as well as give you a receipt for your donation!