Give & Go Donation Program

WHERE TO GIVE

WHAT TO GIVE

WHEN TO GIVE

WHY GIVE

TIMELINE & METRICS

DONATE YOUR BIKE

Where to Give?

Any time of the year, donate clothes and shoes to a Recycle for Change big green box. Grab a bike tag from your housing front desk to donate your bike anytime or text 650-285-7012 a picture of your bike. Find your closest drop-off station to give electronics year round! Check the map below and get ready to donate!

Questions? Call or text 650-285-7012

What to Give?

Donate clothing, linens and shoes year round at your closest Recycle for Change Bin. No longer need your bike? Stop by a housing front desk to grab a green tag and donate your bike year round! Find your closest drop-off station to give electronics year round! When you move-out in the Summer you can donate anything in good condition at one of the Summer Give & Go trailers including non-perishable food, electronics, furniture, and more! Keep your eyes out for announcements of when these trailers arrive on campus.

Questions? Call or text 650-285-7012

When to Give

Don’t throw away your items, give them a second life anytime of the year by donating them using our Give & Go programs!

Year Round Give & Go

Available year-round!

Donate clothes, shoes and linens to a Recycle for Change big green box.
Grab a bike tag from your housing service center to donate your bike anytime or text 650-285-7012 a picture of your unlocked bike
Give your electronics anytime at one of our many drop of locations.

Summer Give & Go

Available at the end of the academic year during June & August move-outs

Donate anything in good condition including bikes, furniture, electronics, clothing and non-perishable food!

Donate Your Bike

Don't abandon your bike—Give & then Go!
Donate your bike anytime, in any condition. We’ll repair it and pass it along to a Stanford student in need. It’s a simple way to support sustainability and your community.

Questions? Call or text 650-285-7012

give and go - student tagging bike for donation

Year Round Give & Go

Anytime of the year

Pick up a bike donation tag from your Housing Service Center front desk
Unlock your bike and leave it in your dorm’s bike lot.
Tag your bike, then text us a photo and the location.

Why Give?

Give & Go: More than Move Out
For over a decade, R&DE’s Summer Give & Go Donation Program has empowered students to give back, reduce waste, and simplify their move-out process—all at once. Here’s how:

Simplify their move out experience. Moving out of dorms and residences is just another thing to think about on top of end-of-year academic stress.

Reduce landfill waste. Each year, students donate 50–80 tons of usable items. Over 612 tons of items diverted since 2013 from Summer Give & Go alone.

Support the local Stanford community. Your donation directly supports Stanford’s First Generation,Low-Income (FLI) Student Program.

Support the Broader Community-Your donations help our partners; Goodwill, Recycle for Change, Office of Child Health Equity at Stanford, Stanford FLI program, Habitat for Humanity, Redwood Materials, Mattress Recycling Counsel,and Out of the Closet Thrift

Program Timeline and Metrics

Sustainability is a core value at R&DE, which has supported reuse for over two decades—and recycling for even longer. Formalized in 2013, the Give & Go program significantly expanded those efforts. With its now-iconic alpaca branding (“Alpaca my stuff…”), Give & Go has diverted 612 tons of waste from landfills during summer move-out through partnerships with local organizations and Stanford’s First-Generation and/or Low-Income (FLI) Student Success Center. Each year, R&DE Sustainability Interns create innovative ways to expand Give & Go—from the alpaca campaign, food donations, designing new websites and more

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View 2023 impact report