Hi Sheryl, I checked with our Director of Procurement Services and this is what she told me:
We have the authority to donate surplus items but have rarely had the opportunity to do so (we normally try to sell in order to bring funds back to the University to support the Property Control and Surplus Sales operation). However, in determining which organizations to make donations to, we've tried to select those that have some connection or partnership with the University. For example, a few months ago, we donated a couple of dental chairs to a clinic that allows ODU students to complete their Dental Hygiene practicum at their facility. We very rarely receive requests for donations so it's only come up once or twice in the past year. Donna Donna W. Meeks Old Dominion University University Policy Manager and Executive Secretary to the Board of Visitors 2010E Koch Hall Norfolk, VA 23529 757-683-3072 / FAX 757-683-5679 [email protected] http://www.odu.edu/bov<http://www.odu.edu/content/odu/about/bov.html> http://www.odu.edu/policy/university [cid:[email protected]] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rippke, Sheryl L [U CSL] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 9:28 AM To: Association of College and University Policy Administrators <[email protected]> Subject: [acupa-l] Selecting a charity to receive excess property Good morning! By Iowa law, Iowa State University has a surplus department to which excess property is sent and ISU surplus then makes the items available for sale, first within the university, and then to the public. You may have the same set-up. Our situation: We have hundreds of used blankets that the department of residence needs to dispose of. It is not feasible for ISU Surplus to try to sell hundreds of blankets. ISU wants to donate them to charity. Question: With so many charities out there, how do we select a not-for-profit to which to donate the blankets? The logistics of parceling the blankets out to numerous charities might become unwieldy, but a few might be okay. We can find them, we just don't know how to fairly/equitably select which ones. Do you have a protocol for this sort of thing? Thanks! Sheryl Sheryl Rippke Policy Administrator Office of University Counsel Iowa State University 515-294-1385 Replying to Messages: Replying (using Reply) to an ACUPA-L e-mail will distribute your message to the ENTIRE list of members. To send a message privately, reply directly to the individual who sent the message (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). To Unsubscribe: Go to http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue.html<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.acupa.org%2fMembershipForm_Discontinue.html&data=01%7c01%7cdmeeks%40odu.edu%7c524dcf496e0e4eab0a5408d3bf8fea4e%7c48bf86e811a24b8a8cb368d8be2227f3%7c0&sdata=v8oguJjuQuhxUS4bT40Zg6%2bKv7drkoRABivDNOpUihY%3d> and complete the form. We will remove you from the list within 24 hours, during normal business hours. Questions about the ACUPA e-list? Contact Jamie Parris at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance> or 607-255-6837.
