--- title: "Board Game & Puzzle Pickup in Tampa | Free Collection" description: "Free board game and puzzle donation pickup in Tampa. Games, jigsaws, and card decks collected from your carport at no cost. No minimum, no need to be home." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "Give My Books Network", "legalName": "Book Sourcing Mastery, LLC", "url": "https://givemybooksnetwork.com", "logo": "https://givemybooksnetwork.com/social-card.jpg", "image": "https://givemybooksnetwork.com/social-card.jpg", "description": "Give My Books Network provides free door-to-door book donation pickup services across the United States. 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One missing forty pieces has no real second life and should stay behind. Local Pick-Up Partners sort everything offsite and can make the call, so nobody expects you to count a thousand pieces at the kitchen table." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can games go in the same carton as books?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes, and most people combine them. Books, board games, puzzles, discs, and tapes all travel together in one Give My Books Network collection. Do not sort them into separate cartons, because sorting happens offsite after collection and separating them at home saves nobody a minute of work." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "The game boxes are soft from years in the garage. Still okay?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Usually. A soft corner or a split seam on the box is normal in Tampa and does not disqualify the game inside. What does disqualify it is mildew you can see or smell on the board itself, which happens to cartons that spent a wet season flat on a concrete floor." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Who actually asks for board games?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "After-school programs, senior centers, shelters, family resource rooms, and classroom reward shelves ask through the Give ME Books program, and they ask year-round. Demand climbs in summer, when an afternoon storm puts every child in Tampa indoors by three o'clock and a game becomes the most useful object in the room." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is there a minimum number of games for a pickup?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "None at all. One puzzle is a legitimate collection and so is forty games. There is no minimum, no maximum, and no cost at any volume. Pack what you have into a sturdy carton, leave it under the carport before 8 AM, and a Local Pick-Up Partner will collect it." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do I need to be home when the games are collected?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "No. Leave the carton somewhere with a roof over it before 8 AM and go about your day. Local Pick-Up Partners collect any time between 8 AM and 8 PM on your service day. A review link arrives afterward, which is how the network keeps its partners accountable to donors." } } ] } ] } ] --- Feedback ![Give My Books Network Logo](/assets/gmbn-logo-BsMIhLrP.png) - Learn More Schedule Pick-UpGive ME BooksBecome a Pick-Up Partner Sign In 1. [Home](/) 2. [Tampa](/tampa-fl) 3. Board Game and Puzzle Donation Pickup # Board Game and Puzzle Donation Pickup in Tampa, FL Board Game and Puzzle Donation Pickup in Tampa, FL: Schedule a Free Pickup Today Schedule Free PickupView All Tampa Services # Board Game & Puzzle Donation Pickup in Tampa **Quick answer:** Give My Books Network collects board games, jigsaw puzzles, card games, and video games free from homes across Tampa. Pack them into a sturdy carton, leave it under the carport before 8 AM on your service day, and a Local Pick-Up Partner collects between 8 AM and 8 PM at no cost. ## Does Give My Books Network Take Board Games and Puzzles in Tampa? Yes, and they go out in the same collection as books. Give My Books Network accepts board games, jigsaw puzzles, card games, and video games from any Tampa address a Local Pick-Up Partner serves. They come from the top shelf of the hall closet, most of them, behind the beach towels. Half a family's history in cardboard boxes with soft corners. Schedule Free Pickup ![Does Give My Books Network Take Board Games and Puzzles in Tampa?](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## What If a Piece Is Missing? Say so on the lid and send it anyway. A game short one pawn is still playable by somebody with a button and an imagination, and a Local Pick-Up Partner would rather sort a maybe than watch it sit in a closet for another decade. The honest line falls elsewhere. A jigsaw missing forty pieces has no second life waiting for it, and a board gone furry with mildew after a wet season in a New Tampa garage is finished. Write the count on the box if you happen to know it. Nobody expects you to sit down and check. Schedule Free Pickup ![What If a Piece Is Missing?](/assets/service-books-collection-DJKSmgFT.jpg) ## Why Games Matter on a Rained-Out August Afternoon An August storm in Tampa can put four kids indoors by two o'clock with nothing to do, and a hurricane day can put them there for two days with no power at all. A board game does not need a charger. That is not a marketing line, it is just how summer works here. After-school programs, senior centers, shelters, and family resource rooms ask for games constantly through the Give ME Books program, and they ask hardest in exactly the months when the sky opens every afternoon. Schedule Free Pickup ![Why Games Matter on a Rained-Out August Afternoon](/assets/service-community-books-Blt8OCE1.jpg) ## How Do I Pack Games and Puzzles? Tape each game box shut before it goes into the carton, because a lid that pops in transit turns one game into a hundred loose pieces. The donor packs, and a Local Pick-Up Partner does not bring boxes. - A wrap of tape or a rubber band around each game box, straight across the lid. - Bag any loose pieces and tape the bag to the inside of the lid. - Flat games at the bottom of the carton, odd-shaped ones on top. - Keep the carton light enough to lift alone. Games are bulkier than they are heavy, so a big carton fills before it strains. - Out on the morning of your service day, under a roof: the carport, the lanai, a deep porch overhang. Schedule Free Pickup ![How Do I Pack Games and Puzzles?](/assets/service-prepare-books-WRsKfsP3.jpg) ## What Comes, and What Stays Behind Nearly everything from that closet is welcome, in the same carton as your books. Ordinary wear on a box is expected after a few Carrollwood Christmases and it disqualifies nothing at all. - Board games, family games, strategy games, kids' games - Jigsaw puzzles, complete or near enough to it - Card games, playing cards, trivia decks - Chess, checkers, backgammon, dominoes - Video games and the cartridges and discs behind them - Puzzle books and activity books with pages left in them Hold back anything mildewed, water-swollen, or missing so much of itself that it cannot be played. In Tampa that is usually the carton that spent a summer flat on a garage floor. Schedule Free Pickup ![What Comes, and What Stays Behind](/assets/service-books-collection-DJKSmgFT.jpg) ## Where Tampa Games and Puzzles Go Local Pick-Up Partners sort everything offsite after collection, then redistribute many items to readers, schools, libraries, nonprofits, and organizations that request them through the Give ME Books program. Games are among the steadiest requests those programs make. Some are resold by the partner, and that resale is what keeps the collection free for the household. Items that cannot be reused may eventually be recycled as a last resort. For a broader sense of how donation programs handle materials that are not books, the [American Library Association's book donation programs guide](https://libguides.ala.org/book-donations) is a reasonable starting point. Schedule Free Pickup ## How Do I Schedule the Pickup? Enter your ZIP code on the Give My Books Network site and choose a service day. If a Local Pick-Up Partner already serves your street, you can book immediately; if not, the request enters the out-of-area pickup system, where a nearby partner may claim it. Collections run 8 AM to 8 PM and nobody has to be home. There is no cost and no minimum, so one puzzle counts. Leave the carton under the carport in the morning and let some other family lose the same pawn. Schedule Free Pickup ![How Do I Schedule the Pickup?](/assets/service-pickup-books-BYI_zy2v.jpg) ## How Board Game and Puzzle Donation Pickup Works in Tampa ### Schedule Online Book your free board game and puzzle donation pickup in Tampa in just 2 minutes. ### Set Your Location Tell us where to pick up - we come to your door. ### We Pick Up Our local Pick-Up Partner arrives on your scheduled date. ### Books Get New Life Your donations support readers and literacy programs. ## Why Choose GMBN for Board Game and Puzzle Donation Pickup ### 100% Free Service No fees, no hidden costs - just free pickup. ### Door-to-Door Convenience We come to you. No trips to donation centers. ### Flexible Scheduling Pick a date that works for your schedule. ### Eco-Friendly Keep books out of landfills and in circulation. ### Support Literacy Your books help readers across the community. ### All Media Accepted Books, textbooks, CDs, DVDs, and more. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Do you take puzzles with missing pieces in Tampa? ### Can games go in the same carton as books? ### The game boxes are soft from years in the garage. Still okay? ### Who actually asks for board games? ### Is there a minimum number of games for a pickup? ### Do I need to be home when the games are collected? ## Related Services in Tampa [ ### Donate Books to Literacy Programs Learn more ](/tampa-fl/donate-books-to-literacy-programs)[ ### Donate Books to Community Centers Learn more ](/tampa-fl/donate-books-to-community-centers)[ ### Donate Books to Libraries Learn more ](/tampa-fl/donate-books-to-libraries)[ ### Donate Books to Little Free Libraries Learn more ](/tampa-fl/donate-books-to-little-free-libraries)[ ### Book Recycling Service Learn more ](/tampa-fl/book-recycling-service)[ ### Book & Media Recycling Learn more ](/tampa-fl/book-and-media-recycling) [Back to Tampa Hub](/tampa-fl) ## Schedule Your Board Game and Puzzle Donation Pickup in Tampa Ready to give your books a second life? Schedule your free pickup today. 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