Gift In Kind Donation Guidelines

"You must present as the LORD’s portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you." Numbers 18:29

Clothing, Household &Toiletry Donations

Monday – Friday, 8:00AM – 4:00 PM, 19 Bliss Street, Springfield

Food Donations

Monday – Sunday, 8:00AM – 4:00 PM, 19 Bliss Street, Springfield

All furniture and household items must be in excellent condition. Please contact the Mission before bringing your donation to ensure there is room.
Clothing items must be “like-new”, freshly laundered and pre-sorted according to men’s, women’s or children’s and sizes. Please label your bagged or boxed clothing accordingly. This will help expedite the storage of all clothing items as well as the selection process.
Do not donate torn, stained, ripped, faded, thread bare clothing. Our recipients are people living in crisis and/or looking to get back into the work force, etc. Therefore, please be selective when donating clothing items.
All donated undergarments and socks MUST be purchased new.
We do not accept computers/monitors, printers, fax machines, TV’s, cribs, mattresses, infant/toddler car seats or used toys/stuffed animals.

We are grateful for many of the clothing and household items that are donated to the Mission. However, we receive A LOT of broken and unusable household items; stained, ripped, worn out clothing, expired food items and open containers of food and toiletries. The poor and those living in crisis are in need of new or “like-new” items. We want them to be lifted up by what they receive!

We are in the business of giving God's best! Therefore, we will not give out anything that we ourselves wouldn't use or wear. Unfortunately, we have had additional dumpster charges for these items and delivery charges for trucking unusable clothing to an industrial rag recycling facility. That is not money well spent.

Again, we thank you for the outpouring of generosity from our community. Because of you, we’ve been able to reach out to thousands of people in need with meals, food boxes, clothing and personal care items; but most importantly, prayer and hope in Christ!

Mission Policy for Donations

The Springfield Rescue Mission is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Monetary gifts are 100% tax deductable. Year end gifts of cash, checks, stocks, real or personal property must be received or dated and postmarked prior to December 31st of the calendar year in which the donor will take the tax deduction for such gifts. Gift-In-Kind donations are tax-deductible with a completed Gift-In-Kind form, which has been signed by a Mission representative. All donations are tax exempt to the fullest extent of the law.

The goal of the Springfield Rescue Mission since 1892 has been to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the hungry, homeless, addicted, and poor by introducing them to Christ and helping them apply the Word of God to every area of their lives. The Springfield Rescue Mission is a non-profit, Christian based Emergency Shelter and Rehabilitation Program providing food, clothing and shelter. No person is denied services based on race, creed, gender, or nationality.