Donation Guidelines
Thank you for thinking of Companies to Classrooms Duluth for your donation! We are a 501©3 nonprofit with a mission to enrich education by providing free repurposed and new materials to teachers to use in their classrooms while simultaneously providing companies, organizations, and individuals an alternative to discarding their gently used office supplies into landfills.
Items of Need
All donations are merchandised in our free store. C2C is open two afternoons each week and on the second Saturday of each month throughout the year, allowing licensed teachers to pick up supplies for their classrooms and students, at no cost to them or schools.
Our current list of most needed items are:
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3-ring binders (only 1-1/2” to 2” sizes without
lettering on front or spine) -
Binder clips (metal, variety of sizes)
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Bookcases
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Bulletin boards (any size in good condition)
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Calculators (only hand-held solar & in good working order)
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Cardstock (white & all colors)
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Chairs (office type with wheels, in good condition, no side chairs or folding chairs please)
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Clipboards
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Colored pencils
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Composition books (both wide and college rule)
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Crayons (new, Crayola 24 count)
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Envelopes (all sizes and colors, with no windows)
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Erasers
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File cabinets (only 2 drawer & in good condition)
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File Folders (new only, regular size, manilla or colors)
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Financial donations via Paypal or a check to Companies to Classrooms Duluth (tax deductible!)
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Folders (2 pocket, all colors and no printing on the front)
*Especially appreciated items are in bold
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Glue sticks - Washable
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Index cards (3"x5", both lined and unlined)
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Markers - Crayola washable broadline classic colors
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Masking tape - 1 to 2 inch
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Painter's tape - blue or green
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Paints - Tempera, watercolor sets
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Paper clips (small and large)
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Paper punches (single-hole and 3-hole punch)
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Pencil boxes/zipper bags
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Post Its (with no printing/pictures)
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Printer paper - reams of white
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Rulers
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Scissors (children's Fiskars, blunt or pointed; also adult scissors)
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Scotch tape dispensers
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Scotch tape refills (not tape in clear plastic dispensers)
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Stacking trays for files/paper
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Staple removers
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Staples - standard size
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Staplers
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Stools, tall
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Tables (small to medium)
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Tennis balls (used or new)
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Thermal laminating pouches for 8.5" x 11" paper
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Toys (only in good condition with no missing pieces)
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White boards (small to med)
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White Out or Liquid Paper (in bottles or pens)
Items We Cannot Accept
We greatly appreciate your desire to donate to C2C and know that you may have gone to a lot of trouble to deliver your donation. However, C2C cannot accept the following donation items:
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Adult books (fiction & non-fiction)
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Board games
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Book covers
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Books (PreK-12th grade - only in good condition, have plenty currently)
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Bulletin board decorations or borders (have plenty)
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Calendar pictures
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Carpet samples (small rectangular size)
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Cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes
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Computers, keyboards, monitors, printers, printer ink cartridges, speakers, cords, adding machines, overhead projectors
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Craft misc. (beads, yarn, etc.)
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Crayons (new, Crayola 24 count) - have plenty
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Dry erase/wet erase markers, erasers, cleaner
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Electronics of any sort
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Filler paper (wide-rule or college rule - have plenty)
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Games, stickers
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Glue - liquid
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Greeting cards
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Hanging files (have plenty)
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Highlighters (have plenty)
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Homemade worksheets, games, posters, etc.
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Household items (fabric, mugs, vases, plastic flowers, holiday decorations, etc.)
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Legal size folders, accordion files, hanging files
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Magazines
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Page protectors (have plenty)
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Pencils - No. 2 Ticonderoga (have plenty)
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Pens (have plenty)
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Pocket charts (have plenty)
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Posters (have plenty)
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Puzzles (boxes with cardboard pieces)
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Rubber bands (have plenty)
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Spiral notebooks (college/wide rule, 70 pgs)
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Stuffed animals due to possible insect & allergy issues)
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Stampers/stamp pads
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Staple removers (have plenty)
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Storage containers for magazines/periodicals
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Teacher curriculum books, textbooks (need only if less than 10 years old)
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Tote bags, lunch boxes, knapsacks
How to donate
We accept physical donations only on the second Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary. Please carefully look over the Need-Don’t Need list.
We also accept checks made out to Companies to Classrooms Duluth and sent to 901 E. 11th St., Duluth, MN 55805 or online. See the “DONATE” button at the top right of our website’s home page or go to: paypal.me/C2CDuluth
What our teachers say...
Carlton Title One Teacher
I love Companies to Classrooms! I utilize everything I’ve gotten from the organization, from file cabinets to pencils. It’s tough, as teachers, to pay for materials our kids need out of our pockets. I’m so thankful for C2C and their donors for providing us this valuable resource, plus it’s planet friendly!