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Public Works Environmental Control
16489 Orange Way, Fontana, CA 92335
(909) 350-6760
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Donations
Now
that you've collected the clutter, what do you do with it? For
many, knowing it's not going to waste makes letting go much
easier. Here, some charitable solutions. These agencies have
no affiliation with the City of Fontana and links are provided
for your convience only. The City is not responsible for the
content on any of the pages found on the sites listed here.
Don't Throw Out Old Sneakers, Recycle Them
The Nike Reuse-a-Shoe program recycles pairs of athletic shoes
(22 million in 1999) of any brand and makes them into athletic
surfaces and playgrounds. For a drop-off site near you, check
out
Reuse a Shoe Program.
Helping Ladies Dress for Success
Dress for Success is a non-profit organization helping
low-income women make tailored transitions into the workforce,
suiting over 20,000 clients internationally since 1996. They'll
gratefully accept your interview-appropriate suits and blouses.
Find a location near you at www.dressforsuccess.org.
Organ Donations? Actually if you donate your old car, you'll
be helping out.
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) runs the Kidney Cars Program,
a free service for donating your unwanted car, which helps the
NKF fund public and professional education, patient and community
services, research and organ donation programs. Call 888-319-CARS
or log on to www.kidney.org.
Don't trash it; Put your old computer to use
The National Cristina Foundation will welcome your obsolete
computer. This not-for-profit organization's goal is to insure
access to computer technology and give people with disabilities,
students at risk and the economically disadvantaged the opportunity,
and training, to lead more productive lives. To donate, call
800-CRISTINA or complete the online donation form at www.cristina.org.
Protect the environment; recycle those old computer disks
with GreenDisk
Personal computer users throw away an estimated four million
computer disks every day. To minimize the impact this has on
the environment, GreenDisk will recycle your disks and send
you a certificate of destruction. For more information, visit
the Web site at www.greendisk.com
or call 800-305-DISK.
Give the Gift of Sight
Donate your old eyeglasses to Give the Gift of Sight, a program
run by Lens Crafters and Lions Clubs International. They will
clean, repair, classify by prescription, and hand-deliver them
to a needy person in a developing country. Their goal is to
help two million people by the year 2003. Drop eyeglasses off
at any Lens Crafters. To find the one nearest you, call 800-541-LENS.
Children grew out of their clothes? Interested in selling
them?
Once Upon a Child will buy your gently used children's apparel,
accessories, furnishings and toys. To find a store near you,
visit their Web site at www.ouac.com.
Donate anything to the Goodwill
Goodwill Industries provides retail jobs as well as technical
job training to people with disabilities or disadvantages. The
over 1,700 retail stores across the United States and in Canada
accept clothes, appliances, computers and furniture. Your local
Goodwill organization can tell you the donation center nearest
you. Find its phone number at www.goodwill.org
or by calling 800-664-6577.
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