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Places that need your used luggage (call first, please):
New Hope Housing
Alexandria, VA
703-799-2293 (speak to Vanessa Anderson)
Update 1/21/01: Per Vanessa Anderson - "At the current time we do not need suitcases but we do need sleeping bags, blankets, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, thermal underwear bottoms, toothpaste and toothbrushes, soap, body lotion, shampoo, hand towels, bath towels, sheets and pillow cases, pillows, deodorant, socks, laundry soap...."
Community Residences (COMRS)
Arlington, VA
703-841-7768, ext. 247 (speak to Denise Marshall)
Update 1/29/01: This organization has homes for homeless, mentally ill, physically disabled, etc., throughout Northern Virginia and they serve 1,500 people per year, so they can always use your used luggage. They cannot pick-up the items, but perhaps they have a home near you where you can drop it off. Call Denise to find out!
Carpenter's Shelter
Alexandria, VA
703-548-7500 (speak to Mary Martin)
Campagna Center
This Way House (for runaway Teens)
Contact: Theresa Kelly
Alexandria, VA
703-823-1466
Update 1/22/01: Needs 10 suitcases.
Catholic Charities
(various foster care locations throughout Virginia)
webmaster@ccda.net
Arlington Street People's Assistance Network (ASPAN)
Arlington, VA (Shirlington area)
703-820-4357 (Marty)
They need backpacks, duffel bags, because their people are on the street.
Bailey's Crossroads Community Shelter
Alexandria, VA
703-820-7621
(They told me they don't need any, but I think it was only because they didn't have anyone to come to Herndon to pick it up. It's a large shelter, so it's worth a phone call if you live nearby & can drop off the luggage.)
Fairfax County Women's Shelter
Serves abused women & their children
Somewhere in Fairfax
703-435-4940
(Most needed: luggage on wheels (mothers must juggle the kids & luggage when they leave), backpacks, duffel bags. You will need to meet them at a mutual spot like a shopping center or something to drop-off luggage. For obvious reasons, the location of their shelter is confidential.)
Update 1/21/01: Need approx. 10 duffel bags or backpacks.
Fairfax County Detox Unit
703-502-7000 (Speak to June)
Update 1/21/01: Need med to large suitcases, some duffel bags (no hanging bags) - as much we can hold in a truck. Cannot pick up, but donors can drop the luggage off at the side entrance to the Fairfax County Detox Unit, 4213 Walney Road (Centreville Rd. extended) , Chantilly, VA .
Alexandria Social Services
703-838-0771 (foster care - speak to Becky Tavenner)
Alexandria Domestic Violence Program
Alexandria, VA
703-838-4911
Very little storage space. Please call before donating any used luggage. Mostly need other items like baby items, baby formula w/long expiration date, baby oil, baby wipes, Q-tips...
Graydon Manor (foster care)
Leesburg, VA
703-777-3485, ext. 408 (speak to Keysha Miller)
Red Cross for VA, MA (occasionally needs used luggage for emergency situations)
703-368-4511, ext. 222 (speak to Barbara Burns)
Orphan Foundation of America
Vienna, VA
(don't need any now, but might later on)
e-mail: Eileen@orphan.org (Eileen McCaffrey)
Girls and Boys Town
Washington, DC
202-832-7755 (speak to Daryl Drayton)
ACTS (Action in the Community Through Service)
Prince William County (battered women's shelters)
1-703-221-4951
Call Eliza (homeless shelter) 1-703-221-3186
Update 1/21/01: Need approx. 4 large suitcases for Monday. Drop off at: 17866 Main Street, Dumfries, VA 22026.
Detox
Alexandria, VA
703-329-2010
Update 1/21/01: Need 25 backpacks & 15 suitcases (any size), 10 suitbags, briefcases, make-up kits
Loudoun Youth Shelter
Leesburg, VA
703-771-5300
Update 1/21/01: No luggage needed at this time. Will post when I get a new request.
Arlington Community Temporary Shelter (TACTS)
P.O. Box 1285
Arlington, VA 22210
(703) 522-8858 (O) (speak to Nicole)
Update 1/21/01: None needed right now. Will post when I get a new request.
Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless, Inc. (AACH)
703-525-7177
Transitional Shelters
Update 1/21/01: No need for luggage right now. Will post when need arises.
Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter
Leesburg, VA
703-777-6552
Update 1/21/01: Need approx. 7 suitcases or backpacks (not duffel bags)
Loudoun County foster care
Leesburg, VA
703-771-5848 (speak to Pat Urban)
Northern Virginia Family Services (offices in Falls Church, VA, & Herndon, VA)
703-533-2594 (speak to Sharon L'Herrou) Needs only duffel bags.
Update 1/21/01: None needed at this time. Will update as need arises.
ALIVE House Shelter (emergency homeless shelter)
Alexandria, VA
703-836-8823
Fairfax County Department of Family Services
Offices in: Fairfax, Falls Church, Reston, Alexandria
Speak to Carol Dutton at 703-324-7870.
Update 1/21/01: Needs 25 large suitcases for foster children moving out-of-state.
Southview Baptist Church near Fox Mill Shopping Center in Reston, VA, collects used luggage to donate to foster children in DC. A little known fact, but worth knowing. Since space if always sparse, call them first to see if they can take your used luggage.
Here's a list of shelters in Virginia. If you find any other organizations that need used luggage, please let me know so I can add them to this list. And here's a link to the 1999 on-line edition of "Emergency Food and Shelter Directory," put together by The Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington. it provides information on shelters, food kitchens, and other sources of help for needy people throughout the Washington-Metropolitan area. It's a wealth of information.
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