LIMERICK PA – GreenDrop LLC – a for-profit fund-raising company that collects a variety of donated items, sells them in bulk, and pays a portion of the proceeds to non-profit partners – has opened two local donation centers for public use in Limerick and King of Prussia, it said.
One has already begun operating at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets, 18 Lightcap Rd. (at top), near its parking lot entrance by Chick-fil-A and Costco. A ribbon-cutting for the Limerick location is scheduled for Wednesday (May 17, 2023) at 12:30 p.m.
The second, scheduled to open Wednesday, is at the King of Prussia Mall, in its parking lot next to True Food Kitchen and across from the Capital Grille.
GreenDrop promotional materials report the American Red Cross will be its beneficiary in Montgomery County. Its partners in other areas of the state also include the Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation, and the National Federation of the Blind, according to company disclosure statements.
Both centers will operate daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and accept drop-offs of lightly used clothing, shoes, blankets, kitchenware, and household goods, GreenDrop Operations Director Jason Krieger said. Donors who drive up to the donation center are met by a GreenDrop attendant, “who collects the items on behalf of the American Red Cross,” the company noted. Donors receive a tax receipt.
GreenDrop also operates donation centers in Phoenixville, West Norriton, and Exton.
“Funds received through the GreenDrop partnership are applied where the need is greatest, whether that’s disaster relief, life-saving blood, critical services for military families and veterans, (and) training like CPR and water safety or international aid,” Anne McKeough, chief development officer of the American Red Cross, said.
GreenDrop was approached several years ago by Lower Pottsgrove Township officials, former Board of Commissioners President Bruce Foltz reported at the time, to determine its interest in locating at what then was a former fuel station at Mervine and North Charlotte streets. The company declined, he said. The property was later purchased by Redner’s Markets, which last year opened in new fuel station there.
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