Lehigh's Move-Out Collection Drive
What Do We Do?
Every year, at the end of the spring semester, thousands of American college students move out of dormitories and apartments in their college community. Every year many of these same students find that there are items they cannot or do not want to take with them. The Lehigh Valley experiences this spring ritual every year at each of the seven colleges in the area. Some students have the time and transportation to take their unwanted clothing, appliances, food, books, kitchen equipment and other useable items to charities. Many, however, find that some things simply won't fit into their cars as they are packing to leave, or some students do not know where to take donations. Whatever the reason, college communities find that dumpsters overflow, neighborhood sidewalks fill with bags and boxes of useable but unwanted items and scavengers, both human and animal, tear open bags, root through dumpsters and leave a mess behind.
Who Benefits?
Items will be sold at a giant community sale June 7th to benefit the South Bethlehem Neighborhood Center Youth Programs. Items are also donated to the Center's Food Bank and Youth Programs, a United Way Agency.
Click here to find out more
and how you can help.
ANY BOXES THAT YOU CAN
COLLECT BETWEEN NOW
AND MAY 8 can be dropped off
at Lehigh's Community Service Office
in Ulrich Student Center.
Will you help us collect our
enormous supply of boxes??
What Do We Collect:
HOUSEHOLD STUFF – kitchen stuff, wastebaskets, etc
FURNITURE (no sofas or upholstered chairs, please)
CLOTHING AND LINENS
APPLIANCES -- fans, lamps, toasters, hair dryers, TVs, clocks, etc
RUGS
CLEANING SUPPLIES -- cleansers, mops, brooms, etc .
UNOPENED FOOD –- cans, mixes, ramen, jello, teabags, juice, perishables, etc.
OFFICE SUPPLIES –- notebooks (even partly used), paper, folders, binders, pens, tape, pencils, crayons, markers, clips - all are used by Southside kids for tutoring and summer work.
Donate It, Don't Dump It
Email the Community Service Office at inmove@lehigh.edu