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GreenDrop Opens Donation Center At Smith Haven Mall

People can drop off gently-used clothing and household items at the donation center.

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GreenDrop celebrated the grand opening of its donation center at Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove.
GreenDrop celebrated the grand opening of its donation center at Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove. (GreenDrop)

LAKE GROVE, NY — GreenDrop celebrated the grand opening of its new donation center in the Smith Haven Mall parking lot last week, according to a news release.

People will be able to drop off gently-used clothing and household items at GreenDrop's donation center. Donors will be greeted by an attendant who will collect the items on behalf of a nonprofit organization partnered with GreenDrop. On Long Island, all donations are converted into critical funds benefiting GreenDrop’s local nonprofit partner, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island Donation Center, Inc.

Barbara Franco (Smithtown Chamber Executive Director); John Kennedy (Suffolk County Controller); Mary Ellen McCrossen (Smithtown Chamber Officer); Leslie Kennedy (Suffolk County District 12 Legislator) Susan Hughes (Smithtown Chamber Secretary); Jeff Troiano (Smithtown Chamber Officer); Brittany Lawton (Smithtown Chamber Officer); Dave Lomberg (GreenDrop Operations Manager); Mark Cox (Big Brothers Big Sisters CEO); Smithtown Chamber Member; Ann Schultz (Smith Haven Mall Director of Marketing); Kevin Hyms (Ronkonkoma Chamber President); Kevin LaValle (Brookhaven Councilman); Jonathan Kornreich (Brookhaven Councilman) (Credit: GreenDrop)

The GreenDrop trailer is in the parking lot by the Cheesecake Factory.

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GreenDrop is a for-profit professional fundraiser that accepts secondhand clothing and household goods on behalf of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island Donation Center, Inc. whose mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. GreenDrop pays them for residents' donations, helping them fund programs in local communities.

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