The Center for Community Involvement & Service-Learning and Housing & Residential Life are coordinating the annual "Trash to Treasure" effort to distribute food and gently used items, donated by students, to non-profit agencies. Because of the timing of the donation drive (May 5-7) and the enormity of the task, "Trash to Treasure" is not possible without the support of faculty and staff volunteers. "Trash to Treasure" ensures that items that can still be of use are not left behind or thrown away by our students as they vacate the residence halls.  Instead, donated items are distributed to community members who can put the items to good use. Students can drop off donations at residence halls around campus.

 

How can you get involved? Volunteer yourself or a small team from your department to pick up donations and/or sort items during finals week. Please contact Katie Fearer at k.fearer@tcu.edu or ext. 5557 with any questions. You will collect items from residence hall lobbies and deliver them to the Rec Center and sort items to prepare them for pickup by non-profit agencies.  You may donate items in the Rec Center Special Events gym during any collection shift.  (Note: There is a special need for men's tennis shoes).

 

Available shifts:
Thursday May 5 (10 a.m. - noon)
Thursday May 5 (1 - 3 p.m.)
Friday May 6 (10 a.m. - noon)
Friday May 6 (noon - 2 p.m.)
Friday May 6 (2 - 4 p.m.)
Saturday May 7 (9 - 11 am.) Lunch provided **
Saturday May 7 (11 a.m. - 1 p.m.) Lunch provided **
 

This year’s community beneficiaries include:
 
YWCA: Provides safe places for victims of rape or domestic violence, job training, childcare, and health services. The YWCA Resale Shop brings additional income to the YWCA as well as provides their clients with merchandise.

 

Tarrant Area Food Bank:  Serves 300 partner agencies in 13 counties. Donated food may be distributed to partner     
        agencies, sent to other food banks in the Texas Food Bank Network, or sent home with a child over the weekend.
 
SafeHaven/Berry Good Buys:  In addition to protecting victims and creating multiple opportunities to achieve independence and self-sufficiency, SHTC focuses on prevention by educating approximately 60,000 individuals annually. Berry Good Buys is a retail thrift store on West Berry that is operated by SafeHaven.
 
Books for Africa:  Works to end the book famine in Africa and to secure the educational future of a continent where 40% of children never go to school. Through a partnership with Better World Books, donated books will be sold with proceeds going toward sending books to Africa.