Campus & Community

Students Can Donate Items to ’Cuse Collections 2025

Wednesday, April 16, 2025, By Lydia Krayenhagen

Sustainability Management is hosting ’Cuse Collections, its end of semester donation event, Thursday, May 1, through Tuesday, May 6. Students will have the opportunity to drop off items between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at three different on campus locations. The locations are as follows:

  • North Campus
    • DellPlain Hall loading dock
    • Sadler Hall parking lot (next to dumpsters)
  • South Campus
    • Carriage House: 161 Farm Acre Road

Accepted items include:

  • Small kitchen items and appliances (microwaves, toasters, blenders, TVs, lamps, silverware, pots and pans, and vacuums)
  • Gently used/new clothing
  • Gently used/new shoes
  • Non-perishable food items only on South Campus. If you have unopened refrigerated items you would like to donate, please bring them to 161 Farm Acre Road during regular business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.).

Items NOT accepted include:

  • Bedding (This includes pillows, mattress toppers, comforters, and sheets.)
  • Visibly distressed or damaged clothing
  • Broken items or appliances
  • Books and school supplies
  • Opened food

All items will benefit local organizations and nonprofits, including the Boys & Girls Club, YWCA, Rescue Mission, Catholic Charities, Dunbar Center and others.

Sustainability Management is in need of volunteers to oversee the storage locations while donations are being accepted. Shifts are in two-hour increments and students can receive credit for service-learning or community engagement hours. Volunteers are asked to sign up. If you have any questions, please email sustain@syr.edu.