Container Shipment for In-Kind Donations

For more than 25 years, with low overheads and volunteers, Hidaya Foundation operated the Container Shipment Project for In-Kind Donations without selling any items, and giving all donations to be utilized by the poor, mostly overseas. However, with rising costs and increasing challenges and instability with international shipping over the past several years, we are faced with the undeniable truth, that like all good businesses, you must adapt and change when necessary. For this reason, in addition to continuing to send items for those in need overseas, we will look to utilize more items locally by giving away to deserving people in our community as well as selling items to make this project self-sustainable, in shaa Allah.

Current categories of items for Collection – Please separate out into own bags/boxes categorically, or even bring loose for our teams to put in appropriate bins:
-Islamic/Desi Clothing
-Western Clothing
-Baby Clothes
-Shoes (please tie laces together)
-Bedding & Linens
-Toys/Video Games & Systems
-Bicycles/Exercise/Work Out/Gym Equipment
-Pots & Pans, Dishes, Utensils (please pack glass, porcelain and breakable items nicely with bubble wrap/paper/clothes to prevent breaking)
-High End items – (such as jewelry, purses, designer clothes, etc.)
Note: If you want to donate any items not listed above that you think could bring benefit to our efforts, please contact us and let’s see if we can find a good use for it!

If you like and appreciate our collection center, please donate monetarily towards it so we can continue providing this service! All donations are tax-deductible.

For answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) as well as detailed information about our Northern California In-Kind Donation Collection Center – please click here.


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If you would like to arrange a collection drive in your community, please contact us.