The Ottawa Giving Project

More details for collection sites…

This PDF from Ottawa Public Health contains some helpful guidelines for how to handle the donations you receive at your site.

Recruit a team of volunteers who are willing to help collect and sort donated items
Share the list of acceptable items with your church congregation so that they are clear about what type of donations will and will not be accepted
Remind the congregation that all items should be new – used items or open packages cannot be accepted
Plan for a regular day and time each week when donations can be dropped off
Plan to have a spot where donations can be left untouched for at least 48 hours after the collection day before sorting happens

If possible plan for a curbside handsfree drop off of donation items
Store donations for at least 48 hours before sorting through them
It is best to have a consistent day and time each week when your site will accept items

ensure that all bags/boxes are labelled with your church name and what items are inside
ensure that all items to be dropped off are new and adhere to our list of acceptable items
deliver items to one of our depots – send us a note below to receive the details of our depot sites…