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Get Kids Off the Sidelines By Donating New and Gently-Used Sports Equipment

We appreciate your sports equipment donations! Click below to see where to donate your gear, which items we graciously accept, and a few of the items which we can’t. Don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any questions by contacting us.

Drop Off Locations:

We recommend contacting LPF staff before before dropping off equipment at your closest LPF Warehouse. Warehouses are open Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm ET. 

  • Donation Bin Locations
  • Greater Washington warehouse
    Items can be left in the donation dropbox outside of the warehouse
  • Baltimore warehouse
    Items can be left in the Ravens branded trailer outside of the warehouse
  • Philadelphia warehouse
    Items can be left in the white donation dropbox outside of the warehouse
  • Ohio warehouse
    Please email to schedule a drop-off
  • Southeast Michigan warehouse
    Items can be left in the metal donation bin outside the warehouse entrance 
  • Western NY warehouse
    Please email to schedule a drop-off
Equipment Pick Ups:

To schedule a large pickup, please contact us at info@levelingtheplayingfield.org.

Shipping Equipment:

We are happy to accept equipment shipment at any one of our warehouses:

Baltimore warehouse address:
1794 Union Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21211

Greater Washington warehouse address:
8845 Monard Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Ohio warehouse address:
4848 Evanswood Dr.
Columbus, OH 43229

Philadelphia warehouse address:
404 Elmwood Avenue
Sharon Hill, PA 19079

Southeast Michigan warehouse address:
3183 Meldrum St.
Detroit, MI 48207

Western New York warehouse address:
79 Benbro Dr.
Buffalo, NY 14225


Note that we do not cover shipping costs but you can raise money to cover shipping through fundraising. 

Host a Collection Drive:

Boy/Girl Scout Project? Corporate collection drive? Mitzvah Project? Or just need volunteer hours?

Leveling the Playing Field relies on community members to help collect sporting equipment in each LPF market. Collection drives are fantastic ways to engage your friends, family, and others to find new and previously used sports equipment they no longer need.

Sign up/register to run a collection drive > 

Learn more about running a collection drive >

What types of equipment does LPF accept?

Please use your best judgment on the condition of equipment before donating. If an item is falling apart, in bad shape, or a previously used item you wouldn’t trust your kid using/wearing, please throw it away instead of donating it to us. Check out what LPF is able to accept below. 

Tax-deductible receipts are available upon request.

We are delighted to accept:

Football

  • Flag football belts
  • Footballs
  • Football Cleats
  • Football Gloves
  • Football Pads
  • Football Helmets (5 years old or newer)
  • Kicking Tees

Golf

  • Golf Bags
  • Golf Balls
  • Golf Clubs

Lacrosse

  • Balls
  • Fiddle Sticks (plastic)
  • Goals
  • Goggles
  • Gloves
  • Helmets
  • Pads
  • Sticks (any type/size)

Basketball

  • Basketballs
  • Basketball Shoes
  • Basketball Hoops/Goals
  • Mini Basketballs
  • Basketball Shorts

Hockey

  • Bags
  • Gloves
  • Goalie Equipment
  • Helmets
  • Hockey Pucks
  • Pads
  • Shorts/Pants
  • Skates
  • Socks
  • Sticks (any type/size)

Soccer

  • Soccer Balls
  • Cleats
  • Goalie Gloves
  • Goals
  • Shin Guards
  • Socks
  • Shorts

Field Hockey

  • Balls
  • Goggles & Gloves
  • Goalie Gear
  • Sticks

Baseball/Softball

  • Aluminum/Wood Bats
  • Bags
  • Bases (rubber & soft)
  • Baseballs
  • Catchers Gear
  • Cleats
  • Gloves (batting & fielding)
  • Helmets (5 years old or newer)
  • Pants
  • Pitching/Batting Nets
  • Pitching Machines
  • Softballs
  • Soft Balls
  • T-Ball Sets
  • Umpire Gear
  • Whiffle Balls
  • Whiffle Bats

Playground/Fitness/Misc.

  • Agility Equipment
  • Ball Pumps
  • Boxing/Karate Pads
  • Cones
  • First Aid Kits
  • Free Weights
  • Frisbees
  • Gymnastics Equipment
  • Hula Hoops
  • Jump Ropes
  • Ladder Golf
  • Kickballs
  • Mouthguards (still in package)
  • Pinnies
  • Playground Balls
  • Resistance Bands
  • Roller Skates/Blades (5 years old or less)
  • Swim Equipment
  • Weighted Plates
  • Whistles
  • Yoga/Fitness Mats

Racquet Sports

  • Ball Hoppers
  • Nets
  • Tennis Balls
  • Tennis Racquet Covers
  • Tennis Racquets
  • Badminton Sets
  • Pickleball Sets
  • Squash Sets

Volleyball

  • Knee Pads
  • Nets
  • Volleyballs

What types of equipment does LPF NOT accept?

We are sorry we cannot accept:

  • Bikes
  • Bicycle Helmets
  • Bicycle/Skateboard Elbow/Knee Pads
  • Clothing
  • Croquet Sets
  • Exercise Machines
  • Fishing Gear
  • Uncertified Football Helmets
  • Hats
  • Partial sets of uniforms
  • Protective Cups/Jock Straps
  • Skis and Snowboards
  • Trophies
  • Used Running Shoes

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"I truly appreciate the services provided by LPF. our lacrosse program has grown by two teams because we were able to provide lacrosse equipment to players that may have not been able to afford it other wise."

Old Mill Youth Association

"Thanks to LPF's donation, I was able to acquire enough putters and golf equipment for an adapted physical education unit on mini golf. Golf is an excellent sport to get students with intellectual and physical disabilities engaged in fitness opportunities with their peers and families!"

Damascus High School

"We were able to add an additional opportunity to participate and compete for our female students in the form of a lacrosse team. Our students and school community are truly appreciative of the support that LPF has provided allowing us meet the challenges that we face and compete with other schools in our region."

Randallstown High School

"Our students had limited activities at the shelter prior to the donation that would carry them outside of the home. Having the donations has allowed our shelter youth, especially our male youth to be able to go out and engage in Basketball, football and soccer. This has allowed them a structured sport to help in normalizing the very abnormal life they've lead up to this point through the ability to play a sport."

Loving Arms, Inc.

"LPF's donations allow our students to have the equipment necessary for PE and recess. It also allows our students to be able to continue playing sports during recess, as before if the recess equipment popped or broke in the middle of the school year, they would not have any equipment for the rest of the year."

Galway Elementary School

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