Drive-through donation center in Honolulu, Hawaii…read more.. This is the first time that I've used this convenient, efficient Goodwill donation center! The good thing about it is that it's covered... you can drop off your items even though it's raining! Enter and exit on Young Street. Just follow the signs! Collect a donation receipt before you leave! Easy!

National I AM day…read more.. A positive affirmation that we all need to remind ourselves more often than you'd realize and on this day I am focused to clear some unused items that I did in just minutes and dropped them off for donation at a neighborhood Goodwill. The positive feeling to reduce the stress of decluttering and making a space for myself to relax and enjoy it with moments to do what I enjoy and to donate them hoping it will go to someone who needs it. This Goodwill on Beretania is very convenient with a drive thru drop off and you're given a paper which you can claim in for your tax receipt though the feeling to help is always great and along with Goodwill we can make a difference. Thank you!

Donation in Honolulu, Hawaii…read more.. Dropping off some excess clothing to The Salvation Army Thrift Store was simple. The donation area is located at the far corner of the property on Sumner Street. The entrance to the Thrift Shop is at the door closest to the entrance to the property. It's on the right side of the driveway. When the friendly worker accepted my donation, he offered to give me a receipt... sure! I'll take a tax write-off! Then, I took a look in the spacious, organized store. The orange tagged items were 50 percent off! Wow! What a deal! However, I had to go to my next errand. I'll be back!

This Salvation Army location is okay, but given that it is in the middle of Iwilei and where a lot…read moreof today's homeless population likes to hang out at, I don't care to come here very often. Yes, there are lots of good deals on clothing, housewares, and so forth, but it's certainly not the cleanest place either.

I always find it to be an easy process to drop off donations at this Goodwill. It's centrally…read morelocated and near the Safeway on Beretania. It's not too hard to get to, and once you get there, you drive in to their garage and there's a pull-through spot where you can stop and drop off your donations. Every time I've gone, there's been a worker there who responds quickly and comes over to my car with a rolling cart to help collect donations. They always ask me if I need a receipt for donation purposes. It's quick and simple and I don't have to do much more than unload my trunk. I've never been behind more than one car, and usually there's no line at all. Easy, helpful spot to donate your goods or to buy new-to-you items.

I am so grateful that Goodwill offers free tax preparation for low income kupuna. It's best you…read moremake your reservations when they post their dates and times (usually the end of February) because they fill up fast. My tax preparer was Fia. She was a gem and she worked quickly. Mahalo Fia.

My family lived here in 2014-2015 and it gave us a second chance at life. They gave us 3 beds to…read moresleep on for my parents, me and my 5 younger siblings. They fed us 3 meals a day and helped my parents find employment and budget their money. Eventually they helped us get into Weinberg village transitional homeless shelter in Waimanalo. We left Weinberg after 2 years and started renting a home in Pearl city and eventually we had our finances set well enough that in 2017 we bought our first home together. I was so ashamed to say that I lived here when I was in high school but looking back on it today as a grown man I have to say that IHS was an absolute blessing for me and my family. Thank you so much to the many kind and loving people that worked here and to everyone that sacrificed their own time and resources to make IHS what it is. -The Lopes Family

I was looking for a place where I could donate some of my belongings that could be of better use…read morethan just sitting in my closet and drawers being unused, but I wanted to make sure the donation would go directly to the people in need right here in Hawaii. And specifically, to women and children in need. Surprisingly, I couldn't find many places that fit these specifications till I came across the the Women's & Family Shelter, an emergency shelter from the Institute for Human Services (IHS). IHS is an independent, local 501c3 nonprofit organization that makes sure 100% of all donations stays in Hawaii. Drop off was really simple. The donation drop off area is open Monday thru Friday from 0800-1600. You can park your vehicle temporarily right in front of the garage while you offload your items. On their website, there are 5 different ways you can help: 1. Monetary Donation. A link is provided on the website for your convenience. This can be a one time donation or you can set up a monthly donation. 2. An In-Kind Donation. The donation center is located around the corner of IHS at the garage entrance on Kaamahu Place. On the website " Wish List" you can find a list of what type of items are in need. Items needed are gently used clothing (all types) household toiletries (even makeup), school items, food, baby related items to name a few. Basically just think of what you use and need and eat on a daily basis to give yourself an idea of what you could donate to help another person/child. 3. Planned Giving, such as bequests from an estate plan or will, real estate, personal property, etc. 4. Cooperate and foundation giving, such as scholarships, grants, direct donations, etc. 5. Volunteer. There are many different types of volunteer opportunities, such as tutoring children, kitchen help, serving meals, working at the health clinic, sorting donations, etc. There's an opportunity for everyone to give in whatever form you choose. So instead of letting your drawers, closet, garage, shoe rack, etc get cluttered with unused or unwanted items, why not give it back to the community to help another person or child out? Or if you're not ready to part with your treasures a monetary gift is always appreciated. Donating my belongings not only made my house much tidier, but I was also happy knowing my items had a 2nd life while helping to meet the needs of a person/child right here in Hawaii.

I dropped off 5 carloads of home goods, clothing, bedding, etc while downsizing my mom's condo to…read moremove her into a house with my sis and her fam. Helping Hands was so much closer to where we live compared to Salvation Army or Goodwill. I like that Helping Hands is truly a nonprofit organization because they don't sell your donated goods to the people who need them. People can come get the goods for free at helping hands. Staff were always very friendly and helpful with unloading my car. They are also very good about giving me the tax write off forms. (Salvation Army has you go to a website to get tax form and I couldn't even create an account successfully on the website. Kept getting error message.) Helping hands drop off times are Monday to Friday from 11 AM to 2 PM so the drop off window is pretty limited.

Just had to wait while one person before me donated. They offered to help me unload & asked if I…read morewanted a receipt. Walking to my car, I saw a name not mine on it. HHH uses carbon paper receipts. The gentleman helping gave me my original top clear receipt. Hope they have a record of me & my donation...

Sharing is caring…read more.. I've been blessed to have traveled to places that excite and gives me the option to shop and with that I try my best to not hold on to items that no longer gives me that purpose and create a lovely tote of donation hoping that it will find new home and purpose to someone else. This donation container is found at Kahala Mall you just need to go to the back side of the mall just below the Queens Urgent Care and there's always a staff there seven days a week happily take your items and is super convenient. Many folks are in need to have items for work, school or just to fill your home and know that every item has it's purpose as long it's useable so to parting with them not only saves it from unnecessarily being dumped but an affordable way to give. Thank you!

Reuse, reduce, and recycle everyday…read more.. not only on Earth Day, April 22, 2024, and everywhere... even in Honolulu, Hawaii... We were in the Kahala area and remembered that there's a small donation center in the covered parking lot by the theater wing of Kahala Mall. Located across the parking lot from Panda Express, it was a quick, convenient drop off. The friendly man asked if we needed a receipt... Yes, please! We will be back!

I really like this store! I found some great deals, and Member Monday helped get the price down. No…read morefitting room, though.

Does anyone else go thrifting when you are on vacation? I've been to this Savers thrift store a…read morecouple of times now. We don't have Savers where I live, but I wish we did. The store is FOR profit, but does donate some items to a non for profit. This location offers some unusual merchandise due to the international population in Hawaii. I found several interesting paintings and vintage Christmas decor. My daughter likes to find craft supplies for the kids. The prices have gone way up on some merchandise since my visit last year. The store is well organized with most of the inventory being clothing. The parking on the lower level is hard to come by, but there is plenty of parking in the upstairs parking garage. If you donate something, they will give you a coupon for 20% off. Also, on Tuesdays, seniors receive 30% off. I've never bought anything after several visits. Time would be better spent at the beach.

As the song goes, "Hey, Macklemore, can we go thrift shopping?"…read more The answer is yes. Have you seen this economy? Let's get the bad out of the way first: Parking can be bad. Especially if you are there when people are donating as donors will often block the every car in the small lot by parking in the middle and having volunteers help unload. The parking is one way which creates the problem. I strongly recommend parking on Young street to avoid getting blocked in. Hours are very limited. Now on to the good: - Friendly volunteers with good organizational skills. - Low prices for most items especially home goods and they also test the electronic home goods. - Lots of seasonal items and a fair amount of non seasonal arts and crafts. - Air conditioned. - Very central location for people who live in town and you can make this a thrift shop crawl as as Central Union's thrift shop is 1/4 of a mile away and Goodwill is 1/2 a mile away. - Tax deductible if you donate. So you may only have $20 in your pocket, but that is enough to walk out of here with plenty of quality goods.

The ladies who work here are so sweet! A good variety of everything. Lots of clothes. I was hoping…read morefor more housewares but I could have come on an off day. There is a dedicated parking lot but it's small; metered street parking is available on both sides of the street.

21 November 2020…read more Donation season! On my walk this morning, I stopped by the drop box to check if there were hours posted; no hours are posted. However, it seems a new addition was made...an after hours drop box! I like that they added an after hours drop box (I think its new because I've gone in the past and there was not one before). Irregardless, it is only for small items and people still leave their larger items at the side of the container. When I went back to drop my items off, it seems the drop box was almost full because once I closed the hatch and open it to put in another bag, the first one was still there. I had to physically push it in with a little force. This indicates that either they haven't emptied it in a few days or there were a lot of donations in a short period! ‍ I wish they had hours posted. I think that would be more helpful and would deter people from leaving their items outside in the elements. While their intent to donate is good, leaving items on the outside just creates the potential for weather damage and the items becoming unusable! I do like donating to BB/BS though as they state that the profits from clothing donations or household goods donations go  toward funding the specialized mentoring programs for young people. The added after hours drop box is a convenient addition!!

I use to donate to another non profit organization but change to BB&BS. They were great and even…read morepicked up my four years old artificial Christmas tree. They took large toys and clothing. Will call on them again this year!