DONATE
Support our mission with your donations!
The College Women’s Club of Montclair (CWCM) is a 501c3 nonprofit composed of women with post-secondary education who believe strongly in the advancement of women through education and advocacy. We work to promote educational opportunities for women, provide financial aid to high school seniors pursuing higher education, organize programs for the public, and gather for social events.
WHERE TO DONATE
The College Women’s Club of Montclair has been collecting, sorting, and reselling used books, movies, and music to fund scholarships for local young women for 90 years.
We accept book and media donations at 26 Park Street in Montclair, NJ (lower level of the Technopulp Building, across from the YMCA) ONLY on designated days and times (see below).
WHEN TO DONATE
Donations accepted ONLY on the following SATURDAYS from 9:30am – 11:45am:
- JUN 6, 20, 27
- JUL 11, 18, 25
- AUG 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
- SEP 5
And ONLY on the following SUNDAYS from 12:00pm – 2:00pm:
- JUN 14
- JUL 12
- AUG 16
Download the SUMMER 2026 DONATIONS FLYER here to post or share!
HOW TO DONATE
We appreciate your following the guidelines below when dropping off donations:
- For tax receipts, please come prepared with a count of how many of each item you’re donating.
- Use containers that you can leave with us. We do not have extra bags/cartons to share.
- Bags should be sturdy and not overfilled; boxes should be have max dimensions of 10” x 12” x 15”. (e.g. wine/beer boxes or file/banker’s boxes.)
- Limit your donations to 10 bags and/or boxes per person, per week
WHAT TO DONATE
We welcome your clean, gently used books and media in saleable condition, including:
- Hardcover and softcover books, adult and children, English and other languages, fiction and nonfiction. No encyclopedias.
- DVDs, CDs, records, and audio books, in their original printed jackets or cases. No VHS or cassette tapes, 78’s, or self-recorded media (we can’t legally resell those).
- Sheet music
- PLEASE NOTE: We are no longer accepting postcards, greeting cards, or magazines
WHAT NOT TO DONATE
We CANNOT ACCEPT anything that is:
- Falling apart
- Moldy
- Heavily underlined
- Otherwise unsuitable for sale
We also DO NOT ACCEPT the following:
- Encyclopedia sets
- Reader’s Digest Condensed books (or similar)
- Textbooks (unless quite recent or very old)
- AAA travel guides or maps
- Travel guides that are more than 3-4 years old (unless they are very old)
- Puzzles or board games
- American Heritage or Horizon magazines
- Magazines
- VHS tapes (video tapes)
- Music cassettes
- Greeting cards or postcards
QUESTIONS?
Please feel free to call or email us!
Phone: (973) 783-7040
Email: cwcbooksale@gmail.com