Donate Items
Open Door Mission’s 3 Drop Off locations – Timberlake, Elkhorn, and Council Bluffs – are open and accepting donations. We are grateful for your generous donations of new and gently-used items!
Please view updated hours for each location below. At our Drop Off locations, a staff member will help unload your donations and provide a tax-deductible receipt, if desired.
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Drop-Off Locations
Our Drop Off Location hours have changed – please carefully view per location below.
Timberlake Outreach Center Receiving Area
2107 E. Locust St.
Omaha, NE 68110
Tuesday - Thursday from 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM Fridays and Saturdays from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM.
We are closed on Sundays & Mondays.
Council Bluffs Family Outreach/Donation Center
1612 Avenue D
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Tuesday - Saturday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
We are closed Sundays & Mondays.
1620 N 203rd St
Elkhorn Family Outreach/Donation Center
Elkhorn, NE 68022
Tuesday - Thursday from 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM Fridays and Saturdays from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM.
We are closed on Sundays & Mondays.
Ongoing Needs
Food
- Canned fruit, soup and meat
- Spaghetti and sauce
- Boxed meals (Hamburger Helper)
Furniture – Timberlake Outreach Center ONLY
- Bed frames and dressers
- Tables and chairs
- Sofas and loveseats
Personal Care Items
- Deodorant
- Shampoo and conditioner
- Razors and shaving cream
Household Items
- Dishes, pots and pans
- Small appliances
- Lamps
Baby Items
- Cribs and Bedding
- Carseats
- Strollers
Linens
- Bedding
- Blankets
- Towels
Clothing
- Men's
- Women's
- Children's
Appliances
- Washers and dryers
- Refrigerators
- Stoves
Due to the rising costs in fuel, transportation barriers, lack of storage costs, Open Door Mission can no longer accept mattresses and will no longer schedule pick-ups of furniture in the community.
Donations We Do NOT Accept
Certain types of appliances
- Built-in appliances
- Sinks
- Dishwashers (Unless portable)
Certain types of electronics
- Tube TVs
- Large projection TVs
- CRT Computer Monitors (non flat screens)
- Typewriters
- Nonworking electronics, radios, or televisions
Certain types of furniture
- Mattresses/Wooden headboards
- Broken furniture
- Sleeper sofas/Hide-a-beds
- Organs or pianos
- Waterbeds/Waterbed frames/Waterbed headboards
Miscellaneous items
- Tires of any kind
- Wet clothing
- Expired infant car seats
Certain types of construction supplies
- Concrete blocks or bricks
- Doors/Windows/Glass
- Used carpet
- Used paint, solvents, or grease
- Fertilizer/Pesticides
Wheels 4 Hope
Did you know that Open Door Mission accepts donated vehicles?
When you donate a vehicle you are providing a huge blessing for an Open Door Mission program graduate and their family!
Will you prayerfully consider donating a running vehicle to Open Door Mission?
Vehicles can be donated at the Timberlake Outreach Center or any of our three Family Outreach/Donation Centers (Council Bluffs, Elkhorn, South Omaha). For more information about vehicle donation, contact Amy Harvey at
(402) 829-1511 or wheels4hope@opendoormission.org.