Give & Go Donation Program
Alpaca your stuff at Move-out, or all year round, and sort everything you no longer need to be given to those in need.
What Can You Give? Give & Go Numbers Give Your Bike & Go Where To Give? Why Give?
What Can You Give?
Anything in good, usable condition. Donated items can include:
- Books, bikes, and tools
- Clothing, shoes, accessories, and jewelry
- Sportswear, sporting equipment
- Musical instruments, small furniture items
- Blankets, sheets, towels, linen, bedspreads, pillows
- Mattresses, futon mattresses, metal bed & futon frames
- Small appliances: microwave ovens, heaters, fans, coffee makers, hairdryers, alarm clocks
- Home electronics: televisions, dvd players
- Accessories: picture frames, mirrors, desk organizers
- Unexpired, non-perishable food items
R&DE’s donation program has been in place for over 10 years, providing 4 main benefits:
- Reducing waste sent to the landfill
- Supporting the community
- Saving time while packing up
- Supporting First-Gen and Low Income (FLI) students
“Alpaca my Stuff” and the alpaca “mascot” was born, giving life to a program that has, since 2013, diverted 612 tons of waste from the landfill while helping people in need.
Give Your Bike & Go!
What can be more satisfying than donating your bike to another Stanford student who can benefit so much from it?
- Ask for a Give & Go bike tag from your Housing Service Center.
- On the day of your departure from campus, unlock your bike in your dorm’s bike lot.
- Tag your bike using the special bike tag, and text us a photo and pick-up location.
Our team will do the rest! We accept bike helmets and bike locks, too.
Where can you donate?
Give & Go donation stations will be available August 16 - 19 and August 31 - September 4
Give & Go Partners
Why give?
Your donations will support the Goodwill of Silicon Valley, Recycle for Change, and the First-Generation, Low-Income Students (FLI) Program at Stanford to assist our local community and incoming freshmen next year. Every year, student donations kept 50 - 80 tons of material out of the landfill and funnelled to non-profit organizations that benefit livelihood programs and communities in need.