Local middle school students from the 2016 Morgan Hill Mizuho Student Exchange program are collecting unwanted items to raise funds for their cultural exchange trip to Japan later this year.
They will host a Spring Clean-up Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 23 at the Goodwill Collection Truck in the Rosso’s furniture store parking lot at the corner of Tennant Avenue and Monterey Road.
Books, clothes, electronics, small appliances, toys, household goods and lamps in any condition are welcomed.
Prohibited items are furniture/mattresses, exercise equipment, car seats, strollers, construction materials, large appliances, food, liquid, automobile parts and light fixtures.
Alternative drop-off dates are 2 to 4 p.m. April 15 or 8 a.m. to noon April 16 at the Morgan Hill Buddhist Community Center located at 16450 Murphy Ave.
For more information on accepted items, visit goodwillsv.org.
The Mizuho exchange students travel to Japan in July.
The sister city exchange program started with the first set of six Japanese students, along with two chaperones, coming to Morgan Hill in 2008. The next year, eight Morgan Hill students, accompanied by two adults, traveled to the sister city in Japan. Students go through a rigorous application and interview process, which includes writing an essay on why they want to travel abroad, before being selected.
