Information on Back Porch Donations
Donations are received Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Back Porch Store located at 7838 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA 22306 (in the Crossroads Shopping Center next to A.J. Wrights). For our pickup schedule and information please go to our Home Page
Donations Which We Very Much
Appreciate:
* Clothing - Men’s Women’s & Children’s (particularly in-season clothing)
* Designer label clothing
* Gently use furniture - upholstered items no stains or tears
* Mattresses and box springs - no stains or tears
* Musical instruments
* Jewelry
* Collectibles
* Unique Decorator Items
* Housewares - sets of dishes, glassware, small kitchen appliances
* Pictures, frames, decoratives, lamps
* All books - hardback & paperback, LP Records, CD’s & tapes
* TV's, VCR's and Disc Players ( TV's must be cable ready - no analog only TV's)
* Auto Donations - please click here for detailed information and on-line submission form
Items which we are unable to
accept:
(We have listed alternative donation sites for some of the items we cannot accept)
* Automobile Parts and Tires
* Building Materials - Contact Habitat Restore1
* Cabinet Hi-Fi’s and stereos
* Baby Cribs
* Carpets and Padding larger than 8' x 12'
* Children’s Car Seats
* Computers, Computer Printers and Scanners - Contact Computer
Recycling2
* Encyclopedia Sets
* Fax machines
* Furniture that is broken, in disrepair or with stains, tears and/or pet hair
* Large appliances - Contact Habitat Restore1
* Light Fixtures - Contact Habitat Restore
* Readers Digest Books
* Skates
* Ski’s - Water & Snow
* Queen sized sleep sofas(and larger) and all sized water beds
* Text Books and Periodicals
* Toilets or Sinks - Contact Habitat Restore 1
* Toys and games with missing or broken pieces
* Venetian Blinds and Shades - Contact Habitat Restore1
* Windows, Doors and Screens - Contact Habitat Restore1
We cannot accept items which are wet or upholstered items with rips,
tears, stains or soiled.
1 Habitat Restore - 7770-G Richmond Highway ( behind
Gold’s Gym )
703.360.6700
2 Computer Recycling - 4801 Kenmore Avenue,
Alexandria, VA
22304 571.426.0535