Have you ever tried to organize items around your home and wondered what to do with old towels, sheets, pillow cases, or fleece blankets? Upcycle these items from your home to help the animal ambassadors at Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary. The Heard regularly uses these items as bedding, grooming tools and to help with clean up after animal ambassadors. Your donated items can be gently used or new, but any donated item should be clean.

All donations can be dropped off at the front desk of Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Or, they can be mailed to:

Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
c/o Animal Care
1 Nature Place
McKinney, TX 75069

If you don’t have any towels or linens to donate at this time, please remember the Heard when you do your spring cleaning. For information about other items that the Heard may able to upcycle, please visit www.heardmuseum.org/wishlist

About Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary

The Heard is a private 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and was founded in 1967 by Bessie Heard. Miss Heard was 80 years old when she saw the need to preserve a place where future generations could experience nature. Today, the Heard's mission of bringing nature and people together is carried out through education, particularly of young people, which emphasizes an appreciation of nature and its conservation.  For more information, visit heardmuseum.org.