Don't let Agawam beat us and start collecting your textiles for donation day!
Hartsprings Foundation is happy to announce their partnerships with the towns of East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Agawam, and West Springfield to collect many used textiles from the residents of these towns.
To kick off this partnership, which is aimed at reducing the amount of textiles entering the waste stream and supporting Hartsprings Foundation’s mission of financially supporting Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Hartsprings will be holding a competition. This competition will be between East Longmeadow and Longmeadow for the most cloth based pounds collected in May and between Agawam and West Springfield for the most cloth based pounds collected.
The winning town between East Longmeadow and Longmeadow will receive a $500 donation to their Education Endowment Fund (ELEEF or LEEF). In the Agawam versus West Springfield competition a $500 donation will be made to either Agawam School Systems Department of Special Services or West Springfield High’s Terrier Closet Program.
Residents and supporters of these towns can donate their bagged or boxed used clothing, linens, hats, shoes, belts, towels, curtains, drapes, and other cloth items is two ways.
Schedule a FREE at home pickup from Hartsprings by visiting www.donatehartsprings.org or calling 413-732-7111. Collection days for each town:
o Longmeadow, May 3 and May 17
o East Longmeadow, May 10 and May 24
o Agawam, May 10 and May 24
o West Springfield, May 12 and May 26
Come to your towns drop off day between 9am-1pm.
o East Longmeadow, May 7, Town Hall (60 Center Square)
o Longmeadow, May 14 th , Longmeadow Shops (Bliss St.)
o Agawam, May 21 st , DPW (1000 Suffield St.)
o West Springfield, May 28 th , Parking lot across from the Municipal Office Building (26 Central St)
A Hartsprings truck will be at every location and their driver will help you get your donations out from your car. For more information on this event please visit Hartsprings Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/HartspringsFoundation) or email David Parkinson, Operations Manager for Hartsprings at [email protected].
Hartsprings Foundation, Inc. is a registered non-profit that collects used goods and through the sale of those goods, financially supports Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs in Massachusetts and Connecticut. www.hartsprings.org
