Drop Off Locations
Jun 17th, 2008 by ken
Drop Off Locations
In order to make it as convenient as possible for you to donate your unwanted outdoor gear, Homeless Gear has set up drop off collection centers in Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont, Boulder, Denver, Aspen, Grand Junction, and Glenwood Springs. If you have any problems getting to one of these locations, please contact Homeless Gear by calling 970-581-4921 or e-mail ken@homelessgear.com. With our national referral program we will find a match close to your location so that the homeless in your area can benefit from your donation.
Homeless Gear extends our appreciation to these area businesses and facilities for their help and support. When dropping off your gear please let the staff at these locations know that you are donating items for Homeless Gear.
Aspen | Boulder | Colorado Springs | Denver | Fort Collins | Grand Junction | Greeley | Glenwood Springs | Longmont | Loveland
Aspen Donation Center
Aspen Homeless Shelter
- St. Mary’s Catholic Church
- 533 East Main Street
- Aspen, CO 81611
- Call Susan Johnson, Shelter Director
- 970-987-1210
The Aspen Homeless Shelter is open from November 1st through March 31st. The shelter hours are from 9 AM to 7 AM 7 nights a week. Gear donations can be made at the church during normal business hours or call Susan Johnson for detailed drop off information.
Boulder Donation Centers
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless/Boulder County Cares
- 4869 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304
- 303-442-4646
- Hours of operation: seven days a week, any hours EXCEPT 12- 4PM.
- websites: www.bouldershelter.org
- websites: www.bouldercountycares.org
Mission:
To provide safe shelter, food, support services, and an avenue to self-sufficiency for homeless adults in our community.
Purpose:
We believe that all people deserve the basic necessities of life, and the community in which we live is called to serve this purpose.
Carriage House Homeless Community Center
- 1120 ½ Pine Street Boulder, CO 80302
- 303-442-8300
- Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Website: www.bouldercarriagehouse.org
“The mission of Carriage House is to provide a stable, supportive community for homeless men and women. We are committed to addressing immediate survival needs and to providing services which lead to employment, housing, personal stability and healing.”
Colorado Springs Donation Center
Springs Rescue Mission
- 1 West Las Vegas Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
- 719-667-0564
- Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
- Saturday 8:30 AM to Noon
- Website: www.mysrm.org
Every day, Springs Rescue Mission reaches out to the hungry and homeless, working poor, and addicted in Colorado Springs. We provide free meals, emergency food and clothing, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, education, career advancement, and spiritual training. The Mission is always in need of furniture, clothing, household goods, beds, beds, and more beds – to provide for those in need. To schedule a pick up call Jack Garcia at 719-667-0564. To help us save on gas drop off your donation at 1 W. Las Vegas St.
Denver Donation Centers
St. Francis Center
- 2323 Curtis St., Denver, Colorado 80205
- 303-297-1576
- Hours of operation – 7 days a week, 6:45am-7pm, best hours to deliver donations 9am-5pm
- website: http://www.sfcdenver.org/
St. Francis Center provides a safe place for people who are homeless to meet their basic needs for day-to-day survival (shelter, showers, storage, meals, phones, health clinic, mental health counselor) while offering them assistance to transition out of homelessness (employment, housing, substance abuse group, access to social worker)
Sox Place
- 2017 Larimer Street
- Denver CO 80205
- Phone: 303-296-3443
- Tuesday – Friday: noon – 4pm
Saturday: noon – 2PM - www.soxplace.com
Sox Place is a daytime drop-in center for street youth. These range in ages from 12 to 30 and belong to the youth sub-culture known as “street kids.” Many have been abandoned by parents/guardians, some are victims of the foster care system, and most have been tossed aside by society. Addictions to drugs, alcohol, violence, and sex are a part of their everyday lives. Most are just trying to survive! A hot meal and a safe place is provided Monday through Saturday. There are activities such as movies, video games, foosball, pool and ping pong to entertain the youth during their time at Sox Place. Staff and volunteers spend their time interacting with the youth and building friendships in order to provide healthy and constructive relationships.
Urban Peak
- 730 21st Street Denver, CO 80205
- 303-974-2900 (general line)
- Hours for dropping off donations: Please call Migual Gomez @ 303-974-2944 or email Miguel.Gomez@UrbanPeak.org
- website: http://www.urbanpeak.org/
- Urban Peak helps young people overcome homelessness and other real life challenges by providing safety, respect, essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-reliant adults. Urban Peak provides shelter, housing, Employment and Education , medical services, day and night time drop-in services and Street Outreach. Please contact us for more information or to schedule an informational tour!
Fort Collins Donation Centers
If you are from Fort Collins and have a large amount of gear or your group has done a gear drive we would love to have you drop the gear off directly at one of our warehouses. Please call 970-581-4921 to make arrangements. Otherwise please see the three locations below for the location and drop off times that would work best for you!
The Murphy Center for Hope
- 242 Conifer Street
- Fort Collins, CO 80524
- 970-494-9940
- www.murphycenter.org
- Open Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
The Murphy Center is conveniently located on the North end of Fort Collins two blocks east of JAX on the corner of Conifer and Blue Spruce. Take your donation to the front desk and tell the receptionist that you are bringing things for the Homeless Gear program.
High Plains Scuba Center
Drop off gear for the homeless and receive a 10% discount on any non sale equipment purchase
- 115 West Harvard
- Fort Collins, CO 80525
- 970-493-8562
- 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday Through Friday
- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturday
- Closed Sunday
This location is centrally located in Fort Collins one block west on Harvard off College Avenue and is open on the weekends.
REI Fort Collins
Note: REI Fort Collins accepts gear drops only on the first Saturday of every month from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM)
- 4025 South College Avenue
- Fort Collins, CO 80525
- 970-223-0123
- 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM The First Saturday of Every Month
Volunteers from Homeless Gear will be available in front of the store from 12:00 to 4:00 PM on the first Saturday of every month starting November 1 to receive your gear donations and answer any questions that you might have. If you want to make a gear donation on any day other than the first Saturday of the each month please see the two other Fort Collins Collection Centers Listed Below (HP Scuba and The Murphy Center).
Grand Junction Donation Center
Homeward Bound
- 2853 North Avenue
- Grand Junction, CO 81501
- 970-256-9424
- www.homewardboundgj.org
- Open Monday through Sunday 24 hours a day!
HomewardBound is a non-profit corporation committed to meeting the critical housing needs of men, women and children who are homeless in Mesa County, Colorado.
Glenwood Springs Donation Center
Feed My Sheep Day Center
- 1004 Grand Ave
- Glenwood Springs CO 81601
- Contact: Mike & Karen Peppers
- Monday Through Friday 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
- 970-928-8340
Thanks to the Feed My Sheep Ministry for the Homeless, many now have a place to go to get out of the cold, get something to eat and just hang their hat and relax.
Four years ago, Karolyn Spencer of New Castle started Feed My Sheep out of a room at the Silver Spruce Motel in Glenwood Springs. The program has grown and now occupies the entire basement floor of what used to be St. Stephen’s Catholic Church at 10th and Grand Avenue.
“We have three times as much space,” Spencer said proudly. “We moved in on June 1, 2006, and it’s beautiful. We’ve got laundry facilities, and there is computer service available, a phone and a bathroom with a shower.”
Greeley Donation Center
Coming soon
Longmont Donation Center
HOPE Homeless Outreach
- Call 303-819-4584 and a volunteer from HOPE will come to your location and pick up your gear donation
- PO Box 756, Longmont CO. 80501
- info@hopeforlongmont.org
- www.hopeforlongmont.org
HOPE is a year-round street outreach program working to ensure the survival of the unsheltered homeless in the Longmont community. Outreach volunteers provide the homeless with food, coats, hats, gloves, clothing, sleeping bags and transports to emergency shelters when available. Volunteers educate homeless individuals about presently existing social services and help them overcome barriers of access. H.O.P.E. also provides assistance accessing transitional housing and moving toward self-sufficiency.
Loveland Donation Centers
If you are from Loveland and have a large amount of gear or your group has completed a gear drive we would love to have you drop the gear off directly to one of our warehouses. Please call Dan Katze @ 970-593-8851 or Ken John 970-581-4921 to make arrangements.
For individual donations please see the two locations below.
Sportsman’s Warehouse
- 1675 Rocky Mountain Ave.
- Loveland, CO 80538
- 970-461-5000
- Open 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM Monday Through Saturday
- Open 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Sundays
- This store is located next to Target off Highway 34
near the Prime Outlets (1/2 mile west of I-25).
HELP International Warehouse
When dropping off here please make sure and tell them your donation is for Homeless Gear
- 629 SW 14th Street
- Loveland, CO 80537
- 970-224-2233
- Open Monday through Thursday 9 AM to 4 PM
This location is in the old “Water Pik” building on 14th Street between Taft and 287. This is a very large building and you will find the HELP loading doors on the North East corner of the building.
