Doll restoration and collecting has been a big part of our lives, and through our work we have noticed a great need in the doll community when a doll collection needs to move on.  As we let go of our childhood, move on to a different stage in life, or even when a family member passes on, dolls can be very sentimental and most want dolls to end up in a new and loving home.  As big companies continue to push new toys at lesser quality, dolls are not being created with longevity in mind and flood the shelves of thrift stores and eventually the trash.  Dolls that are not "trendy" any longer even in great condition are being dumped in masses, and there is less fixing of dolls due to cost.  Dolls are always donated "as is" and broken dolls often don't make it to the thrift store shelf and end up straight in the trash after donation. This is why we created our doll recycling program "Save the Dolls".  If you need to find a place for a doll collection and you want them to end up in a loving home, we are that place.

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How does the Save the Dolls program work? We receive dolls that are in poor condition all the way to excellent condition (needs no work done).  Dolls are divided into categories at our doll hospital based on the level of attention they need and the level of difficulty needed to get the doll to an "adoptable" condition.  

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What does the Save the Dolls program achieve? Through this program we are able to restore 90% of the incoming dolls to a beautiful condition and get them to a new home. 10% of the dolls received that cannot be restored have parts that can be used for future dolls.  Any dolls that go beyond our expertise in our doll hospital gets sent out to our network of doll specialists and artists to aid us in a full restoration.  Dolls are circulated to members of doll collecting clubs, distributed to "Wishing Well" requests, charity organizations, and sold to raise funding to keep the program alive.  Because this program exists doll artists and specialists are benefiting in helping us with restoration, dolls are being rehabilitated to excellent condition, and waste is kept at an all time low.

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Do you cover shipping?  Currently we don't cover shipping.  As our program grows in funding we hope to offer that in the future so that donors can get their dolls to us for free, but currently the funding we generate isn't enough to cover those expenses.  As we are doing our part to volunteer our labor to this mission, we ask that donors meet us half way in getting their dolls to us to support doll rehabilitation and recycling.​

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​​We will accept:

-Vinyl, plastic, or resin dolls from the 1950's to today

-Doll furniture, doll houses, and accessories

-Vintage or retro toys

-Doll Clothing and accessories

-Broken or dirty items as long as they are in repairable or restorable condition

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We will not accept:

- Dolls that have been exposed to mold or fire damage or pose possible health or sanitary concerns for children.

- Dolls made of composition, wood, glass, or porcelain. We do not repair these dolls.

- Dolls that have no useable good condition parts

**If you are unsure if your items are in acceptable condition, please contact us

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​How do I donate?

Donating is easy.  We ask that you fill out our donation submission form first so we know what's coming our way and to ensure that items in your donation are types we can work on.  We will respond within 24 hours, please make sure you check your spam folder as our messages come from Bbeauty Customer Service just in case if you don't see a response.  We will respond with any questions and our address to ship your dolls to.  All dolls come to us at our facility in California.  At this time we do not have donation centers in each state, but all states are able to ship dolls to us.  We accept both individual dolls and full collections as well as estate dolls.

 

If you are in California we also do pick-ups in both Northern CA areas and in the San Francisco Bay Areas for large donations.  This includes San Mateo, San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Jose, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Campbell, Sacramento, Marysville, Chico, Woodland, Yuba City and surrounding cities.  If you are in Southern California and surrounding cities please contact us to see if we can drive to your location and arrange a pick-up.

 

​If you are an organization that assists children or families in need and would like to partner with us, please contact us or go to our Wishing Well page to submit a request.

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