Do other schools do this?

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<p>UVa sponsors “Chuck it for Charity”. There are multiple collection sites on grounds as well as apartment communities where students can drop unneeded items. Everything is donated to Salvation Army to benefit the local community.</p>

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<p>@kathiep - they do that for people staying on campus, but only freshmen stay on campus, so there’s relatively little they can do about the other two thirds to three quarters who live elsewhere. They can’t very well put collection bins on every residential street</p>

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<p>boomting - That certainly makes sense. It just didn’t occur to me that we were talking about kids that live off campus too. The colleges that have more dorm housing on campus would be the best ones to take advantage of give away dumpsters. </p>

<p>Not that some students, or their parents, aren’t frugal, but I like the idea of all of this leftover stuff going towards a worthy cause instead of hit or miss dumpster diving among students. </p>

<p>My neighbors and I have talked about how we could all use a neighborhood dumpster in the Spring so we too could donate our unwanted stuff without the bother of driving it to Goodwill.</p>

<p>Found the link for the one in my son’s college town: <a href=“http://www.cswd.net/programs/communities-municipalities/spring-move-out-project/[/url]”>http://www.cswd.net/programs/communities-municipalities/spring-move-out-project/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yes, most schools have this in place.</p>

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<p>Cornell has one called Dump-and-Run at the beginning of Fall semester. All proceeds go to benefit local Ithaca charities. Great place to get storage containers and plastic drawer units.</p>

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<p>Helping D1 move out at the end of sophomore year I was given several boxes of stuff to take over to the donation/recycling site and stern instructions not to judge her. :rolleyes: What sent me over the edge was coming across one of MY t-shirts in her giveaway box, something she must’ve swiped a couple years ago. :mad: She insisted that she’d been wearing it “all the time” for workout and that it was beyond disgusting. :rolleyes: It was fine–no holes, no stains, a little faded but still OK (and with a very cool logo). </p>

<p>I suddenly have a lot more understanding about how it must drive my parents nuts to see the stuff that I throw out. :)</p>

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<p>UVa actually does put collection bins for off grounds housing in areas where students tend to rent apartments/houses. Just like any college town, there are places that are primarily student rentals. I’m sure permits and permission from property management firms are needed, however I would think this is preferable then students overflowing their dumpsters or leaving things on curbs. If your university is promoting a program like this it would seem a half hearted effort not to reach the students where they live.</p>

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<p>Notre Dame does “Old2Gold”, a huge garage sale, selling student cast offs at the football stadium. Lots of $$$ raised, to the benefit of local charities. Extra $ raised by allowing early bird entrance for $5/person…</p>