# Penna. Charities that Pick Up Furniture Donations?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penna-charities-that-pick-up-furniture-donations/237941>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 2, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penna-charities-that-pick-up-furniture-donations/237941 "2004-04-02T20:25:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penna-charities-that-pick-up-furniture-donations/237941/21 "2004-04-05T17:07:30Z")

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Does Goodwill exist in your area?

> **[Goodwill Industries International, Inc. - Goodwill Industries International](https://www.goodwill.org/)**
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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penna-charities-that-pick-up-furniture-donations/237941/22 "2004-04-05T18:07:09Z")

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Thanks—just posted to Craig’s List!

Goodwill is _very_ fussy about what they will take, as we found out when my father died.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penna-charities-that-pick-up-furniture-donations/237941/23 "2004-04-05T18:35:45Z")

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Wow—got four answers so quickly from Craig’s List that I went back and deleted my ad!

They all sound like very nice people: a Lizzie Borden, a Chuck Manson, two fellows named Burke and Hare, and someone just called “BTK.” I’ll arrange to meet them alone in my mom’s empty apartment, I’m sure everything will go _fine_ . . .

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penna-charities-that-pick-up-furniture-donations/237941/24 "2004-04-05T18:45:45Z")

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> [@Eve](#):
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> two fellows named Burke and Hare.

Oh, so that nice Dr Knox will end up with the furniture.

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**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penna-charities-that-pick-up-furniture-donations/237941/25 "2004-04-05T18:46:04Z")

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> [@hajario](#):
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> It’s apparently either the Salvation Army or the trash.

_If_ the Salvation Army will take it. They’re very picky about furniture donations–there’s a glut of people who need to get rid of furniture before they move. I had a nice, clean sectional sofa that there guy refused because there was a silver-dollar sized threadworn patch on the upholstery on the back of the sofa. I ended up “bribing” them $30 to take it.

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**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penna-charities-that-pick-up-furniture-donations/237941/26 "2004-04-05T18:55:33Z")

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Real life experience in da Burgh (still, it’s PA, right?):  
Salvation Army will pick up, but quite picky. The find of the year: Disabled Veterans. They literally took everything.

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