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Halloween -themed items will be accepted from 9/15 – 10/31. Due to space restrictions, we are limiting donation times for Fall/Winter holiday items.

We are not open during the months leading up to Valentines’ Day, St. Patrick’s Day, or Easter, so we will not be accepting these decorations.

Using the Swap Shop

How Can Residents Use the Swap Shop?

Residents with a Transfer Station sticker can take or donate items from the Swap Shop from 9 a.m.to 2:30 p.m. when the Transfer Station is open on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

What CAN be donated to the Swap Shop?

All items donated to the Swap Shop must first be approved by a Swap Shop volunteer.

Items must be safe, clean, functional and in at least “good” condition.

Fall & Winter Holiday Items Policy

Please hold your winter holiday and Halloween items until later in the year.

Halloween items after Sept. 15th 1st
Thanksgiving items after November 1st
Christmas and Hanukkah items also after Nov. 1st

What CANNOT be donated to the Swap Shop?

Dirty, moldy or stained items
Broken, nonfunctioning or items missing pieces
Boxes full of unsorted items unless approved by a Swap Shop Volunteer
Upholstered furniture or other bulky waste items unless approved by a Swap Shop Volunteer
Construction materials unless approved by a Swap Shop Volunteer
Appliances bigger than a microwave
Hazardous materials or chemicals

Child safety items (car seats, cribs that don’t meet safety specs, sports helmets, life jackets/Life preservers)
Mattresses
Opened or expired food, beverages, cosmetics
Textbooks, dated manuals, or more than 1 box of books per resident (use the Books bin)
Skis, Ski Boo

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Donation Bins Available at the Transfer Station