Santa Cruz SPCA and Goodwill

Turn Unwanted Items Into Cash For Animals

For the second year in a row, Santa Cruz SPCA is partnering up with Goodwill Industries of Santa Cruz County to ask residents for their unwanted items during a three day donation drive that will raise funds for the non-profit animal shelter.

The event starts on Thursday, April 17 and runs through Saturday April 19. The public is invited to bring gently used household items such as clothing, shoes, accessories, small house wares and electronics to the Walgreens parking lot on Soquel Avenue during the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. each day. Volunteers will help load all items into the 28-foot trailer provided by Goodwill. Every filled trailer will generate $1,000 for the Santa Cruz SPCA.

Items will also be happily accepted at the shelter location, 2685 Chanticleer Avenue, before the event date and will be added to the trailer at the appropriate time by SPCA staff and volunteers.

Last year, residents were able to fill over two trailers, which resulted in a check for over $2,000 from Goodwill Industries. This year, the SPCA hopes to fill at least one whole trailer a day.

“This is an extremely generous gesture from one fellow non-profit organization to another and we sincerely appreciate the Goodwill, pun intended,” said Lisa Carter, the director of the Santa Cruz SPCA.

Thursday April 17, Friday April 18 and Saturday April 19, each day 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Collecting donations of gently used household items such as clothing, shoes, accessories, small house ware and electronics. Sorry, no furniture can be accepted. Walgreens Parking lot, 1718 Soquel Ave. in Santa Cruz.

Donations for this drive will also be accepted any day up until the event at the shelter location, 2685 Chanticleer Avenue in Santa Cruz.

The Santa Cruz SPCA is a private 501(c)3 that relies solely on donations and receives no public funding.