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