The Southern Exchange
The Southern Exchange serves students and student families through the distribution of free used clothing, shoes, household goods and furniture. Join the Southern Exchange team in their essential work needed to sort and organize donations, serving and encouraging our students and their families.
Apply to VolunteerThe Southern Exchange will begin accepting donations again on Saturday, August 1. There will be Pods in the parking lot by the entry door. Donations will be moved inside by staff after they have been left untouched for three days.
- As always, we welcome gently used clothing and household goods.
- Please do not leave furniture that is in poor condition!
- We cannot accept mattresses or televisions that are not flat screen.
The Pods will be unlocked daily between dawn and dusk only. Please do not leave donations when the Pods are not open or are full.
We will re-open for shoppers on Thursday, August 6. In coming weeks, we will be placing detailed instructions here on our webpage for our current student families so that they can be familiar with the policies prior to our reopening. We appreciate everyone’s patience as we seek to reopen this ministry but do so using CDC guidelines required for retail businesses.
The Southern Exchange is a ministry joyfully provided through the generous support of volunteers for the benefit of Southern Seminary and Boyce College students and their families.
Quick Facts about 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.
Volunteer at The Southern Exchange
Please contact us if you have an interest in serving with The Southern Exchange team. We have a stellar group of individuals who serve each week to help provide for seminary students and their families.
Contact the Volunteer Coordinator
If you want more information about volunteering at Southern Seminary, contact our Volunteer Coordinator
Phone: (502) 897-4728
Email: volunteer@sbts.edu
Visit The Southern Exchange
Please stop by The Southern Exchange or call (502) 897-4258 anytime during our hours of operation (Tuesday through Friday, 2 – 5 p.m.).
Current volunteers will be happy to get you connected and answer any questions that you have.
Donations
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.
