BC Clean
What Is BC Clean?
BC Clean is a donation initiative overseen by the Office of Residential Life in collaboration with Custodial Services and the Office of Sustainability. Members of the BC Community have the opportunity to donate items in good condition, such as clothing, non-perishable food, books, appliances, as well as general household goods and furniture. All donations are collected by local non-profit organizations who distribute them to individuals and families in the greater Boston community. Donation drop off locations are set up on the last day of classes during the Spring semester across Newton, Upper, and Lower campuses so students can donate items until they depart for Summer break.
Meet the BC Clean Team
Assistant Director, Residential Ministry
B.A., Maryville University, M. Ed., Loyola University Chicago
jessica.graf@bc.edu
What Can I Donate?
Personal Items, Including:
- Linens (Sheets, blankets, comforters, towels, pillows, mattress toppers & mattress pads)
- Stuffed Animals
- Clothing/ Shoes
- Jewelry
- Luggage/ Backpacks
- Books & Textbooks
- Unopened non-perishable food
- Personal hygiene and menstural products
Houshold Items and Furniture, Including:
- Basic Household Items (Fans, lamps, vacuum, iron + ironing board, radios, clocks, & TV's (10 yrs or newer), shelves, furniture, hangers, mirrors, laundry hampers)
- Small kitchen appliances (Mini-fridges, Microwaves, Toasters, Coffee Makers, Mixers, Blenders)
- Kitchenware (Pots and Pans, Cooking Utensils, Baking Pans & Casserole Dishes)
Residents are invited to donate items in the following donation locations:
College Road
- Roncalli - basement social lounge
- Welch - basement social lounge
- Williams - basement social lounge
Upper Campus
- Cheverus - 1st floor social lounge
- Claver, Loyola, Xavier, Fenwick - Main entrance lobby
- Fitzpatrick, Gonzaga - Main entrance lobby
- Kostka - 1st floor social lounge
- Shaw House - 1st floor social lounge
- We invite Medeiros residents to donate items in Shaw House
Newton Campus
- Cushing - 1st floor social lounge
- Duchesne - 1st floor social lounge
- Hardey - 1st floor social lounge
- Keyes - Basement study lounge in south wing
Lower Campus
- 66 Comm. Ave - 1st floor social lounge
- 90 St. Thomas More - 2nd floor study lounge
- Gabelli - 2nd floor social lounge
- Ignacio - 1st floor social lounge
- Reservoir Apartments (2000)- 2nd floor social lounge
- Rubenstein - 1st floor social lounge
- Stayer – 1st floor lounge, room 103
- Thomas More Apartments (2150) - 1st floor lobby
- Vanderslice - Cabaret Room on 1st floor
- Voute - 2nd floor social lounge
- Walsh Hall - Walsh Function Room - enter through main lobby
- Modulars Apartments - Stayer 103
- On Commencement Day: seniors in the Mods can either put "BC Clean" stickers on items and place them by their front doors (stickers provided to students on Commencement Day) OR
- Drop off items directly at the donation trucks in the parking lot adjacent to the Mods (Known as the Mod lot)
Meet Our Donation Partners
St. Vincent de Paul
Clothing, shoes, books, textbooks
St. Vincent de Paul
Clothing, shoes, books, textbooks
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul leads individuals to join together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person services to the needy and suffering, in the tradition of its founder, Blessed Frederic Ozanam, and patron, St. Vincent de Paul.
Household Goods
Home Supplies & Furniture
Household Goods
Home Supplies & Furniture
https://www.householdgoods.org/
Household Goods provides a full range of donated furniture and household items, free of charge, to help people in need make a home. Located in Acton, MA, Household Goods helps over 7,000 people and 2,500 families in need each year.
Helpsy
Clothing and textiles for recycling
Helpsy
Clothing and textiles for recycling
Helpsy is a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission to keep clothes out of the trash and to create honorable work. They help keep clothes and other textiles out of the waste stream and find a new home at second hand clothing stores, or dispose of them in ways that are environmentally friendly.
Brookline Food Pantry
Unopened non-perishable food
Brookline Food Pantry
Unopened non-perishable food
https://brooklinefoodpantry.org/
Since the pandemic began in March 2020, the Brookline Food Pantry has served 650-700 families weekly (four times more than pre-Covid) and set up a new service to deliver food to more than 130 elderly or homebound clients each week, in addition to the 650 coming in person.
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Mini-Fridges
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Mini-Fridges
https://www.habitat.org/restores
The Habitat ReStore concept started when Habitat affiliates began to receive donations of building materials and household goods. Habitat began selling these donated items to the public and using the proceeds to cover costs of building homes. There are nearly 800 Habitat ReStores in the US & Canada.
Boston College BAIC
Mini-fridges, personal hygiene products
Boston College BAIC
Mini-fridges, personal hygiene products
https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/offices/student-affairs/sites/ahana.html
The Thea Bowman Intercultural Center supports the undergraduate community— with a particular focus on AHANA (people of African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American descent), multicultural, multiracial, and OTE students—in navigating college life and fulfilling their potential.
Boston College Montserrat
Unopened and non-perishable food, textbooks
Boston College Montserrat
Unopened and non-perishable food, textbooks
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/offices/mission-ministry/sites/montserrat.html
Montserrat provides students at Boston College with access and support to all areas of student life not incorporated in a financial aid package. This office supports students at the highest level of financial need on campus.