- What size are the fundraising/recycling boxes?
54” wide X 23” deep and 71” tall
- What kinds of donations can be placed in the fundraising/recycling boxes?
Only WEARABLE AND REUSABLE clothing, shoes and accessories, as well as, other reusable textile items such as sheets, towels, drapes, etc and small non-breakable household items. Items that do not fit into the box need to be returned home with the donor as it is not acceptable to leave items outside of the boxes.
- What is the payment?
Please call (708)752-8151 or e-mail us at Inquiries@FRCNow.com for a current price per cubic foot.
- How often do the fundraising/recycling boxes fill up?
While this varies considerably from client to client depending on the degree to which the box is promoted, the visibility of the box and the surrounding traffic levels, our average box fills up 6 times per month. We consider a full box to be equivalent to 50 cubic feet, so our average box is generating over 300 cubic feet per month.
- How often are the fundraising/recycling boxes emptied?
It is our goal to never receive a complaint about our boxes, their appearance, or that donations have been left outside a box. As such, we begin by servicing all boxes on a daily basis or almost daily basis until a donation volume/pattern is established at which time, we will either increase or decrease our servicing frequency. We have several high producing boxes that we service twice a day in order to allow room for additional donations.
- Where do the donations go after the boxes are emptied?
All donations are purchased by our parent company, Nandorf, Inc., which owns and operates a for-profit chain of thrift superstores in Chicago, Cleveland and northwest Indiana under the Unique Thrift Store name. We are proud of the fact that when we purchase used merchandise from our charity partners and vendors, we are providing them with needed funding to support their programs. In turn, they are supplying us with bulk volumes of used merchandise, which we carefully sort and cull through to find those items our thrift store customers are interested in and which meet our quality and condition standards. Through our investments in processing, retailing and merchandising, we can give a second life to many of these items and keep them out of our landfills. What happens to the stuff that doesn’t sell in our stores? We do our best to keep the majority of these unusable or unsold goods out of landfills by working with brokers who make commercial rags out of the textiles or ship them for use in Third World Nations. We are always on the look for other users and new uses for this merchandise.
- How do I contact you if I would like to participate in your program?
If you would like to learn more about how your organization can earn money through our fundraising and recycling program, or if you have other questions, please contact us at (708)752-8151 or email us at Inquiries@FRCNow.com.