Lighten Your Load: Move Out Donation Events

May 22, 2020 to June 12, 2020
1:00 pm
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Two students carry a box of donations at the Share Our Stuff event.

Graduating seniors and WashU students living in off-campus housing north of Washington University can donate their unwanted goods as they move out this May & June.  

Curbside Pick Up

Curbside pick up for donations (as well as disposal for large items) can be requested on Friday afternoons through June 12 in the following areas: Parkview Gardens (north of the Loop), Ames Place/Rosedale Heights (U Drive/Washington Ave), and Skinker DeBaliviere (east of Skinker). 

  • Friday, May 22
  • Friday, May 29
  • Friday, June 5
  • Friday, June 12

Schedule a curbside pick up in advance by the Thursday prior (by midnight) using the form below. On the Friday of your scheduled pick up, bring your items to the curb/ground level by 1pm. Items will be picked up by 4pm.

Note: Curb-side pick up is ONLY available for furniture & bulky items, as well as electronics.

Outlets for Additional Donations

Students living in off-campus Residential Life housing (only) can leave additional types of donations in the basement of their building or similar area as directed by Res Life during their scheduled move out process. For details, click here.

Plan ahead.

If the curbside pick up dates don’t correspond with your moving schedule, consider donating your large items and electronics the Friday before you leave. You can also donate other items in the days leading up to your move out. Click here for a guide to local agencies currently accepting a wide variety of donations to support the St. Louis community during the COVID crisis. Your donations make a difference!

Please request curbside pick up for qualified donations here. Note that requests received the day of the event may not be picked up.

Lightening Your Load - 2021
Because students are more spread out this year in response to COVID-related logistics, we are trying to accommodate requests for pickups within a slightly expanded service area. However, our capacity to travel beyond the established service areas depends heavily on the volume of requests we receive. Pick ups beyond the service area is not guaranteed; we will contact you if we anticipate not being able to service your request. We highly encourage using the North Campus donations area for smaller items (open M-F, 8:30a - 4:30p through the Parking & Transportation Office) or doing a direct drop off any items for donation or disposal at North Campus on June 26, between 9a and 4p.
Street number and name only.
To guarantee pick up, donations must be placed on the curb by 10am on the day you have selected.
Please see website for list of accepted items.
For bulky items, please specify if the item(s) are in good enough condition to donate, or if they will need to be disposed of.

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Lightening Your Load (LYL) is an event that is part of Share Our Stuff (SOS), Washington University’s annual move-out donation drive. Each year during on- and off-campus move-out, our campus community is responsible for the disposal of a tremendous amount of usable goods. These goods can be reused by people in need within our campus community and throughout our surrounding neighborhoods. Share Our Stuff is a university-wide effort designed to make it easy for all students to donate their unwanted items at move out in a manner that benefits our community and keeps usable goods out of the landfill.