Does Give My Books Network Collect Board Games and Puzzles in Washington, DC?

Yes. Give My Books Network collects board games, jigsaw puzzles, card games, and video games free from doorsteps across Washington, DC, in the same pickup as your books and with no separate booking required.

Games pile up quietly. A closet in a Brookland bungalow holds a decade of them: the one everybody played for a winter, the one that was opened once, the puzzle somebody bought during a snowed-in weekend and finished in a single afternoon.

What Games and Puzzles Are Accepted in DC?

Board games, card games, jigsaw puzzles, children's games, strategy games, and video games for any console are all accepted, provided the box holds together and the pieces are inside it.

• Board games with a taped corner on the box. Ordinary and welcome.
• Jigsaw puzzles, sealed or opened.
• Card games, including the ones with a rubber band around the deck.
• Children's games and floor puzzles.
• Video games and their cases, any console, any era.
• Water-damaged boxes and mold-spotted boards cannot be passed forward.

What About a Puzzle With a Missing Piece?

A puzzle missing a piece is still worth sending if you say so. Write the count on the box or tuck in a note; Local Pick-Up Partners sort offsite, and an honest label saves somebody the disappointment of a gap at the end of five hours.

Same rule for a game with a missing token. Note it and box it. Plenty of households have a spare from a set they no longer use, and a game with one missing piece is a game somebody can finish.

How to Pack Games for Pickup in Washington, DC

Use a box or a sturdy bag and keep the weight manageable. Give My Books Network partners do not bring boxes, so pack with what you have and stage everything at your entry the night before.

1. Rubber-band or tape game boxes shut so pieces stay put in transit.
2. Put loose pieces in a sandwich bag inside the game box.
3. Mix games in with books and DVDs. No sorting is needed.
4. Set everything out by 8 AM in a dry, covered spot.
5. Cover the cardboard. Nothing warps a game box like a humid August afternoon on an uncovered stoop.

How Does Pickup Work in Brookland and Michigan Park?

Enter your ZIP code on the Give My Books Network site, choose a service day, and set the packed games out by 8 AM. A Local Pick-Up Partner collects between 8 AM and 8 PM, and you do not need to be home for any part of it.

If no partner serves your block yet, submit the request anyway. It enters the out-of-area pickup system, where partners in nearby areas may claim it, and coverage keeps shifting as partners add ZIP codes.

Where Do Donated Games Go?

Partners sort games offsite after collection. Many items are redistributed to schools, after-school programs, senior centers, shelters, and community centers that request them through the Give ME Books program, and some items are resold by the partner to fund the free pickup.

Games are in genuine demand at after-school and senior programs, which run on exactly this kind of thing. This American Library Association guide to donating books covers the same condition logic that applies to games. Items that cannot be reused may eventually be recycled as a last resort.

What It Costs to Donate Games in DC

Nothing. There is no fee, no per-box charge, and no minimum, whether you send one puzzle or an entire closet's worth from a Michigan Park basement. Give My Books Network funds the free service through partner resale rather than donor payments.

No tax receipt is issued. These are locally owned family businesses rather than 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and if a deduction matters to you, a registered nonprofit is the honest answer.