It is an alternative to a fundraising garage sale or rummage sale. A collection drive is where gently used and new clothing, shoes, accessories and toys are gathered together. Instead of setting up a garage sale or rummage sale, Second Renew LLC will purchase the entire unsorted collection from the organization.

You ask your supporters for items they no longer need or want and get paid for what you collect! Items that may have gone to the landfill instead can be turned into cash for your organization!

Second Renew LLC also offers a free service to municipalities and businesses for recycling. Please contact us to learn more.

You can help keep items out of landfills while also earning money! You do not have to sell a thing or spend hours setting up a fundraiser garage/ rummage sale!

Fundraising garage sales and rummage sales take hundreds of hours and lots of volunteers to set up, run and take down without the guarantee of earnings.

If you are a non-profit, you may be able to offer your supporters donation slips for the items they donate to you. Please contact your legal team for information.

An average collection drive earns $1,000 - $3,000! It depends on how much you collect; you can earn hundreds to thousands of dollars!

Let us know your fundraising goal and we can calculate how many approximate bags of collections you would want to gather.

For Example: To earn around $1,000, an estimate amount of 160 large bags filled of items would be recommended to collect.

All ages and genders of gently used and new clothing, shoes, accessories and specific types of toys.

Accessories include purses, belts, hats, gloves, scarves, jewelry and other similar items.

Types of accepted toys varies, please contact us for what we are currently accepting.

If hosting a recycling event rather than a collection fundraising drive, we accept a larger range of items. Contact us to learn more about recycling events.

Most Organizations, Groups and Individuals are eligible to host a Secondhand Fundraiser if located in our pick-up area. Non-Profits, Churches, School Organizations, Sports Teams, Animal Rescues, Adoption Fundraisers, and more!

Political related and similar organizations are not eligible. We reserve the right to decline eligibility for any other reason at our sole discretion.

No! You do not need to be a Non-Profit or Charity to host a Second Hand Collection Drive. You will need to fill out a W-9 and will receive a 1099 for tax purposes.

We will need your organization’s name, date of pick-up, address of pick-up, name & title of individual who will sign the fundraiser agreement, mailing address for your check, your organization’s W-9 for tax purposes.

Start here: www.secondrenew.com/contact-us

Give us a call! (586) 232-5313

We recommend that you collect items from your community for at least a month, but it is not required.

If you do not have space to store all your items in one location, have volunteers collect at their homes and consolidate the items on or before the pick-up date.

For community recycling day events or similar day events we can provide a truck onsite and for 1-day collection drives.

Yes, we kindly ask that all items must be inspected prior to pick up. We accept and pay your organization for clean gently used and new items which are listed on our accepted items list.

Any items which are not on our accepted items list or are worn out, broken, have flaws such as stains, tears, have foul odor, piling, dirty, etc. must please be removed from the collection before pick-up.

We unfortunately cannot accept or pay out for items which are not on our accepted items list, worn out, broken or have flaws.

We audit collections before sending payment.

No, you may leave everything in the bags and boxes you receive them in.

It is acceptable if shoes, clothes, toys, etc. are all inside the same bag or box.

We do kindly ask that any item that doesn’t meet our gently used or new quality standards to be removed from the collection bags prior to pick-up. We also kindly ask that any item that is not on our accepted items list to be removed from collection bags as well, for example: household items.

Second Renew LLC only pays your organization for items that are on our accepted items list and meet our acceptable items criteria.

All of your collected items should be at one location on pick-up day, ready to be loaded onto a truck. Second Renew LLC will send a box truck to your location for pick-up on an agreed upon date.

We ask that your organization have at least 3-5+ volunteers available onsite to help load the truck.

Depending on the weather, bags and boxes should be set outside nearby where the truck will park before the pick-up time.

Items that we do not accept or pay out for include, but not limited to, anything that is wet, has an odor, ripped, stained, unusable, broken*, etc..

We do not accept single shoes, ice skates, men’s suits, used underwear bottoms, used socks, baby teething/chew toys or baby gear, used board games, used puzzles, toys missing parts/pieces, toys not included in our agreement contract and items which individually weigh more than 5lbs each or are larger than a 13 gallon kitchen garbage bag.

*broken jewelry/watches are accepted

The items find new life and a new home outside of a landfill. Items are sold through various channels including thrift stores and recyclers.

Some items may be donated to nonprofit organizations, Salvation Army or recycled.

No, Second Renew LLC is a for-profit business and not a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

If the hosting organization collecting items is a nonprofit, they may be able to give donation slips. Please ask your organization’s legal team.

There are several cities in Southeast Michigan we currently pick-up from.

Please contact us to see if we offer pick-up from your location

We do not have a limit on how many collection drives you host using our service.

We recommend collecting at minimum 200 or more filled garbage bags worth of items per pick-up.

Please contact us to schedule pick-up days.

Typically, your check will be mailed or hand delivered within 14 business days after the pick-up date.

Please consult your tax and legal advisors.

Second Renew LLC purchases the items that were donated to you. The payment from Second Renew LLC is not a donation, it is a payment for items.

No, Second Renew LLC does not advertise or solicit items for your collection drive fundraiser.

Your organization decides how you advertise your fundraiser collection drive and logistics of collecting items.

It is recommended that your organization advertises within your community via social media, Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, fliers, your local news outlets, ask co-workers and friends to clean out their closets for your cause!

Yes, please contact us.

Currently we do not offer a collection drive option for organizations who have a year-round secondhand store, please contact us.

Yes, please contact us.

Yes!

Yes! We offer a free service to municipalities and businesses for items that are no longer in good condition and have flaws. Host your own recycling event. Contact us to learn more and for availability.