We recommend it and demand you do it.

Arizona

• AZ stRUT – They take old computer equipment – hard drives, monitors,etc- and refurbish them for kids to use.

Iowa

• Children and Family Urban Ministries – They have a whole list of items they are looking for like white copy paper and art supplies.

New York

• Materials for the Arts and their blog – they take chairs, comps, office supplies, craft supplies, household items, paper/posterboard, video equipment, wallpaper, miscellaneous supplies.
• ReTech Kids – will take anything you can make art out of.
• The Pencil Box – donate computers, furniture, arts and craft supplies, etc.
• PENCIL + VEI – donate business attire that students can rent out to go to professional occasions.
• FineStar – instead of throwing old printers, computers, toner cartridges, etc in the trash you can give them to this company. Not a charity but at least they recycle and reuse.
• Tools 4 Schools – office supplies, etc.

Rhode Island

• Mali Health Organizing Project – takes office equipment, supplies + medical supplies and equipment.

Utah

• Children’s Service Society – They take craft supplies/school supplies.
• IRC – They do a back to school donation drive.
• Help Cape Verde – Donate school supplies to the poorest kids. I like this approach because they are trying hard to not run the local stores out of business by giving free supplies to everyone.

Canada

• Tools for Schools – donate backpacks full of school supplies for kids K-12.

Donate Money & Supplies Everywhere

• How to Hold a School Supply Drive – AARP has a guide to helping your community collect supplies.
• Donors Choose – Donate money to classroom projects.
• iLoveSchools.com – Donate money to schools and teachers.
• Adopt a classroom – buy them lots of stuff!
• Muscular Dystrophy Assocation – takes computer equipment, office furniture, office supplies, activity and craft supplies, and medical equipment and supplies. Click to find your local office
• Care4Kids – Send school supplies to kids in need in Mongolia
• Unicef – Buy notebooks & pencils for kids so they can go to school (Also buy a School-in-a-Box Kit for emergencies)