What to Donate

Donating to Goodwill is an easy and convenient way to rid your house of that extra clutter while at the same time providing someone in the community with something they need at a great price and helping someone else find meaningful employment.

While we appreciate all donations we do ask that you take the time to sort your donations before bringing them to one of our Donation Centre locations, to remove any items that we cannot re-sell. Sorting out and disposing of items we cannot sell takes time and resources away from fulfilling our mission.

Please refer to the list below featuring items you can donate to help us fulfill our mission:

Clothing - Outerwear - Footwear
In-season, gently used for men, women & children

Accessories
Belts, purses, jewellery, scarves, gloves, hats

Fabrics
Linen, towels, curtains, blankets, area rugs

Computer Equipment

Computer towers, keyboards, mouses, monitors, fax machines, printers, scanners, laptops

Recreational
Toys, games, sports equipment, books, audio, video, musical instruments, children's wagons, bicycles, CDs, videos (with manufacturer's label intact), DVDs

Household
Kitchen items (dishes, pots & pans, utensils), home decor, tools, small appliances and vacuum cleaners in good working order, textiles, furniture, glassware, lamps, framed mirrors, microwaves

Electronics
Electrical or battery operated in working order: digital equipment, MP3s, TVs, stereos, radios, VCRs, DVD players, cameras, motorized and regular wheelchairs.

Antiques - Collectibles - Giftware

Large furniture may be donated at the Horton & Wellington Retail & Donation Centre - 255 Horton Street.

Goodwill no longer offers donation truck pick-ups due to the increasing costs of running such a program.

Unacceptable Items

We may not have the space to accept larger items such as large furniture, organs and pianos.

Though we don't want to turn away any donations, some things we must decline for certain reasons, such as:

- They are not recyclable or contain hazardous materials
- They are too old to comply with current safety standards
- They are broken, parts or labels and instructions are missing
- They are not in clean, saleable condition

Unfortunately, we cannot accept the following items:

- Any products that do not meet current safety standards including recalled items
- Baby items - most car seats, walkers, baby gates and other infant items that don't meet current safety standards

- Air conditioners
- Ammunition
- Appliances- white goods
- Batteries
- Blinds

- Box Springs
- Building materials-suggest going to Habitat for Humanity
- Chemicals
- Console stereos
- Damaged furniture
- Damaged items
- Doors-wood or glass (Habitat)
- Dryers
- Electric blankets
- Electric shavers

- Encyclopedias
- Flammable items
- Gas containers
- Gasoline
- Gasoline operated items
- Glass-not framed
- Guns
- Helmets
- Household chemical items
- Mattresses
- Mechanical beds
- Medicine
- Metal desks-over 4' wide or deep
- Mirrors-not framed
- Oil
- Paint
- Pesticides
- Propane cylinders
- Propane operated items

- Sofa Beds
- Syringes

- Tires
- Toilets
- Waterbeds and accessories
- Weapons
- Windows