Do you have items laying around the house that you no longer use, but keep because they're "still good?" We're talking about the bread-maker you received for Christmas a few years back, the sweater you bought on sale but have only worn twice...maybe a piece of electronics that is a generation or two "old" or a DVD Player and a collection of movies you no longer watch because you now stream everything?
Even though you no longer use these or other items around the house, you keep them because they work, they're still good, and you don't want to throw them away.
This is where SWAP 412 comes into play...
This is where SWAP 412 comes into play...
We are looking for items in good or better condition that you no longer want or need. We ask that you bring clean, reusable, portable items (please, no large kitchen appliances!) such as clothing, housewares, small kitchen appliances, books, small electronics, toys, videos, and games that you no longer need to one of our Swap412 events. There is no charge to drop off any of these items.
At our event, you will be directed to the drop-off area where our volunteers will collect, organize, and sort your items so they can be placed into the swap. Items left at the end of the Swap412 event will be warehoused and brought out for subsequent Swap412 events. Items that stick around for more than 6 months will be donated to an appropriate local charity that will put them to good use.
At our event, you will be directed to the drop-off area where our volunteers will collect, organize, and sort your items so they can be placed into the swap. Items left at the end of the Swap412 event will be warehoused and brought out for subsequent Swap412 events. Items that stick around for more than 6 months will be donated to an appropriate local charity that will put them to good use.
Please DO NOT bring any of the following items to the Swap412 events:
- Furniture
- Large Items
- Tube Televisions
- Expired or Open Food
- Unsealed Personal Care Products
- Medicine
- Dirty or Ripped Clothing
- Sharp Objects
- Incomplete Toys or Games
- Fabric Scraps
- Non-Working Electronic Devices or Small Appliances
- Magazines
- Baby Car Seats
Interested in Hosting a Swap?
Here’s What You Need to Know! We make hosting a Swap412.org event easy! Swap412 events can be held indoors and out,
as long as there is enough space to set up tables and display racks in a “socially-distanced” manner!
Previous Swap412 events have been held in church fellowship halls, library meeting rooms, parking lots, auditoriums, ball fields, and greenspace areas.
Easy and accessible parking is also a plus!
We ask that the host organization provides access to a dozen 6’ or 8’ tables for us to use for collecting and processing donations.
The actual Swap412 event is open to the public for two or three hours, with an hour of set up and breakdown time added on each side.
The events are usually held on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon.
Everything is done on the day of the event — there is no need to provide us with a storeroom in advance unless you want to open a larger window
for donation drop-offs during the week leading up to the swap.
Here’s What You Need to Know! We make hosting a Swap412.org event easy! Swap412 events can be held indoors and out,
as long as there is enough space to set up tables and display racks in a “socially-distanced” manner!
Previous Swap412 events have been held in church fellowship halls, library meeting rooms, parking lots, auditoriums, ball fields, and greenspace areas.
Easy and accessible parking is also a plus!
We ask that the host organization provides access to a dozen 6’ or 8’ tables for us to use for collecting and processing donations.
The actual Swap412 event is open to the public for two or three hours, with an hour of set up and breakdown time added on each side.
The events are usually held on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon.
Everything is done on the day of the event — there is no need to provide us with a storeroom in advance unless you want to open a larger window
for donation drop-offs during the week leading up to the swap.
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Swap412.org is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization with IRS Certification. We would like to ask that you promote awareness of the swap event to people in your organization and the surrounding community. The more people that participate, the better the event will be. We like to double the impact our event has on the community by combining it with a foodbank collection or shoe drive. The $6.50 per person admission fee can be reduced to $5.00 with an acceptable donation of a non-perishable food item or a good pair of shoes, depending upon the focus of the drive for your event. There is NO CHARGE for any items taken from the Swap412 event!
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Volunteering With Swap412
Interested in helping out? The success of our events depends on people like you who volunteer a couple of hours of their day to help out! Not only will you get the satisfaction of participating in something that’s good for the community, but you will also get free admission into the Swap412 event, and a FREE SWAP412 volunteer T-shirt to keep! What do volunteers do? Check it out:
Interested in helping out? The success of our events depends on people like you who volunteer a couple of hours of their day to help out! Not only will you get the satisfaction of participating in something that’s good for the community, but you will also get free admission into the Swap412 event, and a FREE SWAP412 volunteer T-shirt to keep! What do volunteers do? Check it out:
- Assist with setting up the Swap before we open to the public
- Help with unloading donations from cars
- Sort and put donations out for the Swap
- Help ensure people are masked and keep socially distanced
- Help clean up and load out donations at the end of the Swap