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[x Hedge]

Definitely Goodwill. They will accept them, and they will ultimately go to someone who truly needs them.

Nursing home cannot use a donated intimate item.

If you donate these to a nursing home, the staff will take them home.
Please DONT donate to animal shelter. Animals shred, and sometimes EAT this type of thing. That's why there are products specifically made for animals.

[riley1]

Either a nursing home, pet shelter or about a vet's office? 

[Mominohio]

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@NAES1 wrote:

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@SahmIam wrote:

I have 3 boxes that hold in each, 4 packages with 10 extra-large super absorbent pads in each package; the kind you place under someone who has issues with urine leakage or leakage of any type when bed ridden. Not opened; I ordered them for my son but we went with something else for him.

I paid out of pocket via the pharmacy and hate to have to toss them. Any ideas? TIA!!

Mods, if you feel this would be better under Wellness, please move. 

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          @Hello @SahmIam.....

    I have/HAD approx.( $500.00 ) (worth) of >> / 50-100/per package..when our newly adopted 10 year old kitty cat  was discovered to be very ill, so we used those for her sleep bedding. 

She was SURRENDERED on her 10th birthday with many health issues, {{UNKNOWN TO US}} costing just under $2,000.00 to keep her alive/ PAIN FREE- until we finally had a diagnosis of squamous cell (oral) carinoma/cancer::

"The reason she was tossed over to the SPCA at around stage 1"!

So Much Money Would have To be Needed. Now, that just plain down right mean. An inside lovable 10 year old companion fom birth, from what we learned. She never knew or was ever outside.

   >>The original owner knew, but with a SPCA, she was just another #. No intense dental or throat VET care. She lived for a few weeks.

There are several Quality Pet Shelters that would LOVE to receive these for potty training or for pets having seeping wounds, or from post surgeries.

 NEVER!!!!!! ~throw anything, as useful as what you have spoken about, especially to be given TO " Good Will " OR to those places that -HAVE- pick up services; only to re-sale for profit.

    FYI: Look up the salaries that the people in charge

 `` IN CHARGE`` make, as a salary. !.!.!

Salvation Army, 'or any pet shelter' IS my choice

                                                                             [ of the non-greedy].

 I Do donate, though...to Viet Nam / clothing and small items that are in great need. They ( Viet Nam pick up services) use tokens for purchases; it goes back in the programs for only those whom may be with desperate cause.

  ps: you will be amazed of the $$$ amount *____ 'OF' salaries from MOST so called *____charity organizations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    NAES

                       Thank you for reading.

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@NAES1

This post is filled with inaccuracy about certain charities and charities in general. 

Just because the charity sells for what you assume is 'profit' doesn't make it a bad charity.

Even charities that sell help people and programs with the money they make, and I get angry when people don't realize that. If you don't like a particular organization, that is all well and good, because each person's donation should go to a cause they believe in. 

But people need to stop and think about organizations that sell then use the proceeds for a program (and Goodwill is one of those). 

Those kind of charities provide jobs, and at most Goodwill locations that includes jobs for people who have barriers to employment and cannot always function in a standard workplace. The proceeds go to work training programs to help these people learn skills to work outside the agency and then maintain the job once they find it.

The same places also give people who need more reasonable prices, a place to shop and find nice and needed things at a price they can afford. 

Charities like Goodwill provide the dignity of work to people who might not otherwise find it,  and the dignity of being able to purchase what they need to others, not having to accept a handout because of limited financial options.

Not every charity is for every donor, but I can't sit by and not say something when there is misinformation posted either in general or about specific organizations. 

And while some of the salaries of the heads of charities are excessive, many charities need to attract top executives to maximize their effectiveness to the mission. And doing so costs money. Charities are a business and need to be run like one, effectively. Top and effective executives don't work for cheap. 

[Nomorebirthdays]

Maybe someone in your doctor's office could pass them along to a family in need.

[kitty60]

You may also want to consider a local food pantry.  Many of our clients are elderly and their caretakers or children come in to pick up the items for them.  These would be gone in a second at our facility just as adult diapers go as soon as they come in.  Although it is a "food" pantry there are many more essential needs.

[Shaunac]

Not so.  The same pads are made for pets for potty pads.  Please donate them to an animal shelter.  Animal shelters most often rely on donations. 

[StephfromIdaho]

Assisted living facility would love to have them

[SharkE]

True !

[S Woods]

Sahmlam,

Your Local Food Pantry has GREAT need of these!  Many of  the clients are elderly with very limited incomes and pads such as these offer them comfort and dignity.

Incontinence supplies are always on our 'Most Wanted' lists for donors!

It's lovely that you want to donate them!!

sw

[noodleann]

I see listings for adult incontinence products regularly on Craigslist, usually free.

If I had them, since I have a cat who's take up peeing over the side of the box and now have to line the floor with absorbents (I'm currently using puppy pads), I'd save them. Besides, you never know when something like that could be useful.

I wouldn't think a nursing home could take them because of sanitation issues; I'd assume their regulations prohibit it.