Can I Donate Board Games and Puzzles in Dallas?

Yes — Give My Books Network collects board games, card games, and jigsaw puzzles free from Dallas doorsteps, alongside books and media or entirely on their own.

A Local Pick-Up Partner is the locally owned family business that does the collecting. Families in Lake Highlands and up toward the Richardson line schedule game pickups constantly, usually the same week a hall closet finally gets reorganized.

Do Puzzles Need All Their Pieces?

Complete puzzles are far more useful than incomplete ones, and the honest answer is that a 1,000-piece puzzle missing forty pieces will disappoint whoever opens it. Count if you can, and label the box if you cannot.

Write "complete" or "unverified" on the lid with a marker. Local Pick-Up Partners and the classrooms and senior centers that receive puzzles both appreciate knowing which is which. Nobody minds an unverified puzzle. Everybody minds a surprise.

What Games Does Give My Books Network Accept in Dallas?

Give My Books Network accepts board games, card games, jigsaw puzzles, strategy games, children's games, and video games, in their original boxes wherever possible.

• Board games — family classics, strategy titles, party games.
• Jigsaw puzzles — every piece count, complete or honestly labeled.
• Card games — decks, expansions, boxed sets.
• Children's games — pre-K through elementary, worn corners welcome.
• Video games — discs and cartridges alike.

How Do I Pack Games and Puzzles for Pickup?

Tape each game box shut across the lid, then pack the taped boxes into a larger carton you can lift. Your Local Pick-Up Partner does not bring boxes, so pack everything in advance.

1. Tape the lid. A game box that opens in transit loses half its pieces.
2. Put loose pieces in a sandwich bag inside the box before taping.
3. Stack boxes flat, heaviest on the bottom.
4. Games can ride with books, DVDs, and vinyl. No sorting needed.
5. Set everything out by 8 AM in a shaded, covered spot.

Who Actually Wants Board Games in Dallas?

Schools, after-school programs, senior centers, shelters, and community centers request games and puzzles through the Give ME Books program, and demand runs highest exactly when Dallas weather traps everybody indoors.

Think of a 105-degree August afternoon when going outside is not a real option, or an ice-storm weekend when the whole city stops for two days and nobody's car moves. A shelf of board games is what a classroom or a senior center reaches for on days like those. Puzzles do more work in this city than anyone gives them credit for.

What Happens to Donated Games After Pickup?

Local Pick-Up Partners sort games and puzzles offsite, then redistribute many of them to schools, senior centers, nonprofits, and organizations that request them through the Give ME Books program.

Some are resold by the partner, and that resale is what pays for a free pickup. The American Library Association's guide to book donation programs covers why donated collections need a sorting step before they reach anybody. Items that cannot find a second life may eventually be recycled, as a last resort.

What Does a Dallas Game and Puzzle Pickup Cost?

A board game and puzzle donation pickup costs nothing in Dallas — no fee, no per-box charge, and no minimum quantity anywhere a Local Pick-Up Partner serves.

Give My Books Network and its Local Pick-Up Partners are locally owned family businesses rather than 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so no tax-deduction receipt is issued. If a receipt matters to you, a registered nonprofit is the right destination.