What items do you typically need?
Currently our biggest needs are for volunteer delivery drivers, and we have more furniture
than we can handle.
However, with the arrival of students in August, we will likely be in great need of furniture
donations once again. Furniture items that are most useful to students include coffee tables,
end tables, couches and love seats, desks and desk chairs, beds, and small dining sets.
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Can you pickup items that I have available to donate?
It depends. Most of the time we do not have the volunteer driver capacity to pickup furniture
donations. It is easier for us if you are able to manage the delivery of the furniture items
to our storage area.
The big exception is during the Fall arrival of students, which occurs mostly in August. At this
time, we are in great need of furniture items (and volunteer delivery drivers!!), and there is a greater
likelihood that we will be able to pickup any furniture donations.
Of course, we always appreciate it when people think of our program when you have furniture to donate,
so please feel free to contact us with any donation quesitons that you have.
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Are there any furniture items that you do not take?
Yes, there are certain items that we do not take:
We do not take water beds, king-size beds, or sleeper sofas.
We do not take items that are too heavy (if two students can't carry it up a flight of stairs, then
the item is too heavy).
We do not take large appliances such as washers, dryers, or the like.
We do not take halogen lamps (they are not allowed in the UT Housing apartments).
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How much storage space do you have?
We have two 20-foot storage containers. We try to keep them full-but-not-too-full so
that we can still get furniture items in and out for swift delivery.
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What happens to furniture items that are donated to this program?
The first thing that happens is that we take pictures of the donated items and post the items to our website.
Once the items are on the site, then students are able to view the items and add them to a "shopping cart"
in order to reserve the items. Once the student has placed an "order", then the items are delivered
to the student free of charge.
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