RESOURCES FOR EXECUTORS AND ESTATES

Donation Services

Donation Services

Organizations and locations identified as resources where estates may  donate household goods, furnishings, clothing, books, and other usable property.

Project Fresh Start

Project Fresh Start collects gently used or new household goods and redistributes them at no cost to people establishing homes after hardship or homelessness. Accepted categories include bedding, towels, curtains, rugs, furniture, couches and chairs, tables, bed frames, clean mattresses, dressers, small kitchen appliances, dishes, cookware, and clean children’s toys and books. Donation drop-off is

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Partners for Peace – Bangor Office

Partners for Peace accepts physical wish-list donations for survivors of domestic violence and permits arranged drop-off at this office. Current needs emphasize new household basics and personal-care goods, with some small furniture and appliances accepted by advance arrangement. The organization asks donors to call or email before organizing a drive so staff can identify the

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Maine Children’s Home

Maine Children’s Home accepts newly purchased in-kind goods for programs serving children and families. Its giving guidance identifies items for the Journey Program and Christmas/Winter Essentials work, including new unopened diapers and baby wipes and other new essentials identified on current program needs lists. Physical donations can be left at the Administration Building on the

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New Beginnings, Inc.

New Beginnings accepts year-round in-kind donations for youth programs at its Lewiston administrative and outreach location. Its current wish list includes hygiene supplies, backpacks, footwear, tents, sleeping bags, selected clothing for ages 14–21, blankets, towels, twin bedding, flashlights, first-aid items, basic household supplies, office and art supplies, and pots and pans. Items may be dropped

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The Gathering Place

The Gathering Place accepts a targeted list of donated physical goods for people experiencing homelessness, poverty or isolation in the greater Brunswick area. Its current wish list includes coffee mugs, new adult socks, new gloves, mittens and hats, new sleeping bags and blankets, new earbuds, feminine products and unopened toiletries, along with selected food and

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Friends of the Rockport Public Library Book Donation Program

Rockport Public Library accepts donations for Friends of the Library book sales during most of the year. Accepted material includes gently used books, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks and puzzles in good condition. The current policy excludes moldy or musty items, VHS and cassette tapes, magazines, encyclopedias, and technology, medical, health or reference books more than four

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Friends of the Pittsfield Public Library Book Donation Program

The Friends of the Pittsfield Public Library accept book donations for their annual sale during regular library hours from March through October. The official guidance excludes encyclopedia sets, magazines, condensed readers, textbooks and older reference books; donated books should generally be no more than ten years old and must be clean, not musty and not

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Shaw Public Library Book Donation Program

Shaw Public Library accepts hardcover and paperback books for children, teens and adults, contemporary and classic fiction, popular nonfiction, audiobooks on CD and DVD movies. Its official policy excludes poor-condition books, encyclopedias, textbooks, condensed books, outdated reference books, abridged audiobooks, audio cassettes, VHS tapes, music CDs and large coffee-table books. Donations must be delivered while

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