Donations

Listed are various organizations that will be more than happy to accept your donations and put them to good use.

• Bra Donations – Bras and other intimates are typically the least donated but yet the most needed for many women.
• Ann’s Bra Shop will accept your bra donations year-round and donates them to battered women’s shelters.  There are 3 locations to serve you -  Chesterfield, MO; Wentzville, MO; and O’Fallon, IL.  Please visit brashop.com for more information.
• The Bra Recyclers is a textile recycling company that recycles and reuses bras that unnecessarily go to landfills.  They provide deserving women with used or unused bras as they transition back to self-sufficiency.  They have drop off locations throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.  If there is not a location near you there is an address to mail your bras to.  Please visit brarecycling.com to find out more.

• DonateMyDress.org – The first national campaign designed to encourage girls around the country to donate their prom and special occasion dresses to those who cannot afford them.  The site features a directory of local dress drive organizations across the U.S. that will enable girls to easily find out where in their local markets they can donate or receive a dress.  Click here to find out more.

• Donation Town – Did you know that there are dozens of charities that will actually send a truck to your home and pick up your used clothing donations and other household items donations for free?  Visit their website to find out more:  donationtown.org.

• Dress for Success – Provides business attire to disadvantaged women returning to or entering the workforce.  Please visit dressforsuccess.org to find a location near you, a listing of accepted donations and more.

• Food Banks – There are so many people in need.  You can help someone less fortunate by donating non-perishable food to your local food bank.

• foodpantries.org
• stlfoodbank.org

• Habitat for Humanity
• Habitat’s ReStore is a retail store that carries new and used home improvement merchandise.   They accept donations of new and lightly used home improvement materials.   For more information on how and what to donate, to find a location near you and more visit habitat.org/restores/default.aspx

• MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries – When you donate and recycle your unneeded items to a local Goodwill you can be confident that your donation is making a difference to improve the life of someone in your community. Click here to find a drop-off location near you.  For those of you outside of the St. Louis, Missouri regional area, please click here to find a location near you.

• Mother to Mother – Provides telephone support and encouragement to women with postpartum adjustment disorder (PPAD).  Mother to Mother is the only service of its kind in the St. Louis metropolitan area.  Women in the state of Missouri and parts of Illinois can receive this service free of charge.  You can donate in a variety of ways, from office supplies to time to money.  Click here to learn more.

• The Salvation Army -  Your donation will help transform lives.  Schedule a pickup, find family stores, drop-off locations and more here.

• USAgain – use it again. USAgain collects used clothes, shoes and household textiles of good quality and resells them worldwide. They provide thousands of convenient locations across the U.S. where you can drop off your gently used clothes and shoes any time of the day, any day of the year. You probably have seen their drop boxes!  Find your nearest drop box and more at USAgain.com.

• Woman’s Place – A safe place for women who have experienced violence.  Their needs change from time to time.  Please contact them for a current wish list at (314) 645-4848.