Georgia Organizing Resources

• Custom Living
• Donations
• Recycling
• Trash / Shredding Services

Custom Furniture and Kitchens
Seth Townsend
http://www.sethtownsend.com
Furniture, cabinets, pull out shelves, Complete kitchen renovation.

Tim Sarno Design
custom furniture and build-in wall units.
770-321-2205

Charities

These charities pick up at your home:

Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities
404-761-6247
http://www.aadd.org

Atlanta Kidney Fund
770-441-2220
http://www.akfpickup.com

Atlanta Union Mission
404-588-4012
http://www.aumcares.org

Salvation Army
404-522-9783
www.salvationarmy-georgia.org

Vietnam Veterans of America
800-775-8387
http://www.vva.org

Where Can I Donate Men's Suits?
You asked and here are some places:
If you know of other great places to donate goods, please add your comments!
Goodwill, Salvation Army, and other thrift store locations.
Wendy's Closet at the Devereaux Foundation , a residential treatment facility in Kennesaw for at risk teens. They need them for the young men to wear to interviews.
can be dropped off at Devereux at Kennesaw to Deborah Walton in Home Econ.
(770) 423-5497
1291 Stanley Rd NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152

'The Extension' located on Church Street Extension just behind the
Cobb EMC Building. This is a Christian drug/alcohol abuse rehabilitation
center supported by several churches and organizations in Marietta. The men have to work each day and they are required to go on job interviews. Many are laborers but still require dress clothing. You can call Tyler Driver at 770-590-9075.

Donate DVDs, CDs & Video Games
Are your children grown? Are you done with those CD's now that you have an iPod?
The Bridge of Atlanta is seeking donations of these items to help fund its programs.
The Bridge strives to meet its mission is to serve Georgia's abused and neglected adolescents through programs designed to complement and provide well-rounded services.

http://www.thebridge-atlanta.org
1559 Johnson Road, NW - Atlanta - Georgia - 30318 (404) 792-0070
Check the wish list on the web site for more of what they need.

Furniture Donations
The Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta is an Atlanta-based non-profit organization that distributes essential furnishings to people in need. It is also a great place to volunteer as an individual or a group project.

The Furniture Bank

Helps homeless people stabilize in a home of their own.
Prevents children and their parents from sleeping on the floor.
Promotes the health and well-being of thousands of people.
Diverts millions of pounds of used furniture from local landfills.
Donate Furniture
The Furniture Bank accepts gently used furnishings and housewares. Unfortunately, we can not accept items in need of cleaning or repair. We offer a free pick-up service in Cobb, DeKalb, most of Fulton, and most of Gwinnett counties.
See the list on their web site for the items they accept.
call 404-355-8530, x222 to schedule your free pick-up.
http://www.furniturebankatlanta.org

How Much is Your Stuff Worth?
Donation valuation resources
http://www.itsdeductible.com - software for evaluating the worth of your donations

Other resources:
http://www.satruck.com/ValueGuide.asp
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/Edit/News/stories/news_20000107a.asp
http://www.sfgoodwill.org/channel2.htm?page=donate&mode=value&level=1
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p526/ar02.html#d0e1984

Trash and Shredding Services

Shredding Services
If you have a large amount of paper to shred, it is quicker to have a service come
and take care of it.

http://www.shredit.com/service/index.html

http://www.doc-shred.com/

Shred USA
770-222-6216.

Trash/Junk hauling

Just Trash It

http://www.justTrashIt.com

770-399-6605

Just People
678-900-6426.

1800gotjunk.com
1-800-got-junk

Recycling Resources

Computer Recycling Atlanta
Reboot
Contact Gary Blanks, phone number 770-846-2094 and email garyblanks@bellsouth.net. They will pick up the items you will receive a tax donation form. The computers are worked on and redistributed to the handicapped. Any parts that are not used are recycled.

ww.p2ad.org/comp_recycle.html
ww.techcorpsga.org
www.freebytes.org call 404-768-9990.

Cobb County Phone Book Recycling
http://kcb.cobbcountyga.gov/recycle-phone.htm

Cobb County Transfer Station
http://kcb.cobbcountyga.gov/recycling.htm
The transfer station accepts office paper, junk mail, newspapers, magazines, phone books, green glass, brown glass, clear glass, aluminum cans, tin cans, as well as car and truck batteries.
Plastic bottles, either type I, (HDPE) or type II, (PET) are also collected in the metal container at the front of the transfer station building.

Cobb County Green Waste
http://solidwaste.cobbcountyga.gov/greenwaste.htm

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