Donations

Golden Rule provides various employment opportunities for adults with disabilities.  One of the career paths we offer is retail.  Our retail stores are stocked with a combination of items made and/or upcycled by Golden Rule Working Partners along with items donated by the community.  

When you donate items to Golden Rule, you are providing more than just merchandise for the stores.  You are helping to create jobs for adults with differing abilities.  Each item is hand-processed; clothing is checked for stains, holes, missing buttons, etc...; electronics are checked to make sure they are operational; items are cleaned, sorted, priced and put on the sales floors.  All of these steps ensure Golden Rule Working Partners have goals to work toward, resulting in a meaningful day at work. 

Golden Rule strives to maintain clean, organized stores with current merchandise.  Because of this, we accept select donations only.  

What Donations Do We Accept?

We do not accept:

Items that are extremely dirty, molded or have bedbugs or odors
Items that cannot be resold or refurbished due to their condition
Mattresses
Tube TVs
Non-working appliances with freon (refrigerators, air conditioners, freezers, etc)

We do accept:

Clothing of all sizes
Shoes of all sizes
Household items including but not limited to decorations, linens, blankets, knick-knacks 
Kitchen items including but not limited to dishes, cookware, silverware, kitchen appliances
Furniture
Toys and games
Tools
Accessories such as purses, bags, jewelry
DVDs, CDs, Books
E-Cycle items such as outdated or non-working appliances and electronics
Scrap metal/aluminum cans