Donating to the PTA Thrift Shop

Donations can be made at the Village Plaza donation center in the former location of Masse Lounge behind the Laundry Wednesday - Saturday, and at the Carrboro store, located at 103 Jones Ferry Road, in Carrboro Monday - Saturday from 8:30 am – 6:00 pm.

Beginning Monday, July 30, 2007, the PTA Thrift Shop Plaza Donation site will not receive donations on Mondays and Tuesdays. Regular donation hour will resume on Wednesdays. Thank your for your cooperation and support.

The ideal donor arrives at a donation site (furniture should be brought to Carrboro) on a sunny day with gently used in-season items. All of the buttons are attached on the clothing, the zippers work and there are no stains or spots. Electrical appliances are clean and in working order. Household items and furniture are clean, intact, with no rust, tears or chips.

Please inform the recipient of your donation when you bring a high value item. Call 417-0553 to arrange a truck pickup of large items.

Guidelines for computer donations:

PCs must be Pentium II or better.

Apples must be G3 or better.

Laptops must be Pentium I or better. Laptops must have AC adaptors. We can accept some laptops with bad batteries.

Please remember to remove your personal information from the computer before donating it. The Thrift Shop cannot remove personal information.

Monitors must be 15" or larger. We do not accept 14" or smaller monitors. We sometimes get overstocked with monitors and have to stop accepting them for a while - we advise donors to call ahead to be sure we are accepting monitors.

Scanners must have their software.

Printers must have functioning ink cartridges or toners.

All donations must be in good working order. Please note that we do not repair electronics.

BOOK DONATIONS:

Please note that the Carrboro store is not accepting Condensed Books or National Geographic magazines prior to 1990. Encyclopedia sets must be year 2000 or later, and complete. Please do not bring us water damaged or moldy books. With the exception of foreign language books, we do not need textbooks older than 1985. We do not accept Time, Newsweek, or Reader's Digest magazines.

If an item is not worth your time or money to fix or repair, it is unlikely we will be able to sell it. These items should not be brought to us. Items that cannot be sold in the stores include:

Mattresses, including crib mattresses, sofa-beds, or futons.

Food, cosmetics, toiletries. (Accepted by the Inter-Faith Council)

Pesticides and other poisons, or containers of any sort of chemical or liquid. (Dispose of 1st Saturday at Landfill)

Life jackets or other flotation devices, including air mattresses and inflatable boats.

Any item that is decorated with the brand name of an alcoholic beverage, tobacco product or promotes violence.

Weapons (real or toy), such as guns, bows and arrows, slingshots.

Obscene items, as well as items which most people would consider offensive due to sexual content or foul language.

Baby items which do not meet current safety codes.

Items recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, including halogen lamps and some children’s car seats.

Please note: If we are experiencing inclement weather, please call ahead to the donation sites, to ensure that the site is open to receive donations. Also, please be sure to leave your donation with a staff member of the PTA Thrift Shop, to ensure that it is properly handled.