Where to donate a muppet?

October 30, 2007 1:01 PM

Where to donate VHS tapes.

I work for a great non-profit that produces award winning children's educational programming. I just found a box full of older episodes. The problem is they aren't packaged and they are VHS.

Where in the NYC metro area could i donate these?

Apparently Salvation Army and Goodwill have said no in the past because they are VHS and they always throw them out.

I don't have a problem shipping them out else where. I think it's a waste to throw them away.

Thanks!

posted by octomato to grab bag (8 comments total)

Get in touch w/your local freecycle chapter. Someone will take them off your hands.
posted by cog_nate at 1:07 PM on October 30, 2007

When I plunged into the DVD-only lifestyle, I donated my VHS tapes to a smaller Salvation/Goodwill-type organisation.

Check with your local SPCA, too - they have thrift shops and are under-thought of when it comes to donating stuff.
posted by porpoise at 1:58 PM on October 30, 2007

Were they broadcast? Would the Paley Center want them perhaps? (Formerly The Museum of Television & Radio.)
posted by ALongDecember at 2:11 PM on October 30, 2007

My local library is still taking donations of VHS tapes. They have a large circulating collection but anything new they buy is DVD. Check to see if your local libraries might want them.
posted by 45moore45 at 2:21 PM on October 30, 2007

A SCHOOL!!!!
posted by aetg at 3:42 PM on October 30, 2007

You could send them to my school if you don't mind shipping. I work at a high poverty 85% school in the Southside of Chicago. Email is in the profile.
posted by aetg at 3:43 PM on October 30, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

I would strongly suggest calling your local library and asking if they accept donations. They almost always need media of all kinds!
posted by bacall423 at 4:07 PM on October 30, 2007

How about a shelter for women and children?
posted by Riverine at 4:56 PM on November 1, 2007