The Southern Exchange

The Southern Exchange is a collection of clothing, shoes, household goods, electronics and furniture.

Donations to The Southern Exchange are being accepted at Fuller Hall, and after hours donations may be left in the hallway.

Conveniently located on campus in Fuller Hall, Rooms 10-11. Look for the sign posted near the entrance door on the northeast corner of the building.

We are delighted to reopen and look forward to serving students and families even better than before. Please read these guidelines carefully.

You must be a current student or student spouse/child. This will be verified by your Shield card number at checkout.
On any given day, you may checkout with up to:
- FOUR clothing items per person
- FOUR household items per family—including toys
- TWO books per family

Every 90 days, you may reserve a furniture item, appliance, large toy, bike, etc. We will tag what we consider to be 90 day items with a Southern Exchange tag. You must reserve these items by request from one of our volunteers. Once you are verified to be eligible, you may take the item that day but you have up to 7 days to make arrangements to pick it up. After 7 days, the reservation will be removed if the item is not picked up.
Husbands and wives may each receive a 90 day item but children may not.
Some especially nice 90 day items are tagged as “couples” items. These items count as a 90 day item for both the husband and the wife meaning that neither one can take another item for 90 days. We will allow 2 roommates to reserve these items as well but they are reserved under both names.
We have limited food items in the kitchen room. We can provide additional items based on need. See a volunteer for details!
We are open on TUESDAY-FRIDAY from 2-5 PM. We will be busy sorting on Mondays but will not be open for students.
It is our joy to offer this ministry to SBTS and Boyce families….but it is a privilege for you to shop here. That privilege will be suspended if our policies are not followed. We require you to show us how many items you have at checkout. You must stop at the checkout every time you are taking items from The Southern Exchange.
Our donation bins are under surveillance. Any students who take items from the hallway before they are processed will lose their privilege and be reported to the Dean of Students.

Volunteers and donors, please note the following:

We gladly accept donations of gently used clothing & shoes (no undergarments or lingerie)
We gladly accept extra kitchen & household goods (clean and in good working order)
We are always in need of boys’ clothing
We provide tax receipts upon request
We depend on volunteers to staff the facility each afternoon
We have an orientation guide on site to answer questions that volunteers might have
We can be contacted by email at thesouthernexchange@sbts.edu
We have an onsite phone number: (502) 897-4258

The Southern Exchange accepts food items between 2-5, Tuesday-Friday. Donors should bring the items during these hours so that a volunteer may store them to keep for seminary families in need. Canned food is accepted and may be left in the donation bins. Families in need who would benefit from these donations must contact The Southern Exchange at thesouthernexchange@sbts.edu and arrange an appointment for picking up food items.

UPDATES

We are in need of good quality clothing, especially for older girls and boys.
We are particularly in need of gently used furniture and toys.
We regret that we are no longer accepting mattresses, mattress pads, or large back televisions.