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Join us Saturday, May 19 for the 2nd annual Clothesline® Fill A Truck event. This year’s campaign will be present in 70 communities across Canada and your chance to bring gently used clothing and small electronic donations to help support the more than 9 million Canadians living with diabetes and prediabetes.
Since 1985, the Clothesline® program has established itself as a national movement asking all Canadians to keep Clothesline® in mind while cleaning and to make a gently-used clothing, small household item or electronic donation.
Clothesline® is here to help and our primary goal is to make donating as easy as possible. By visiting diabetes.ca/promise or calling 1-800-505-5525, Canadians can schedule a free pick-up from the convenience of their home. We accept gently-used clothing donations, all cloth based items, footwear, books, toys, kitchenware, electronics and much more!
Clothesline® also accepts donations of cell phones, PDA’s, ink and toner laser cartridges and many household electronics (please call for details). Have peace of mind knowing that when donating to Clothesline®, you are not only helping the more than 9 million Canadians living with diabetes or prediabetes, you are also helping our environment by responsibly processing your donations through the Think Recycle™ program.
A fully integrated e-waste facilitator, Greentec is the exclusive Clothesline® partner for all electronic recycling. All items donated to the Clothesline® program are responsibly processed through their state of the art facilities in Cambridge, ON.
This year alone, Clothesline® has diverted more than 46 million kilograms of clothing, household items and electronics from our landfills. This translates into a savings of 840 million kWh of energy while reducing our donors’ carbon footprint by 115 million kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is equivalent to driving a car 41,000 times around the globe or saving 8.2 million trees.
Clothesline® also accepts gently used clothing, cloth based items and shoe donations at any of our 1,875 RED Clothesline® donation boxes from coast to coast to coast. Please visit diabetes.ca/dropbox to find a local donation box.
Clothesline® happily accepts the following items and more….
• Gently used clothing
• All cloth based items
• Bedding
• Sleeping Bags
• Belts / Ties
• Yarn
• Blankets
• Drapes
• Pillows
• Footwear
• Small household items – Kitchenware, pots & pans, tools, blenders, etc.
• Small electronics – ink, toner and laser cartridges, cell phones, laptops, tablets, iPods, digital cameras, gaming consoles, and more.
• Larger electronics – Call us for more details at 1-800-505-5525
If donating small electronics, please ensure they are sealed in a separate plastic bag and note that electronic and small household items are not accepted at our Clothesline® drop boxes.
A special thank you to the thousands of loyal Clothesline® donors who made “Life’s a trip, you’re the pilot,” a resounding success, donating millions of kilograms of gently used clothing, small household and electronic items. Please stay tuned for the announcement of the Clothesline® campaign contest winner which will be announced on this page. Good luck!