Unauthorized vehicles nab donations left on curbside

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 26, 2013

~~Question: We received a phone call to donate items to Big Brothers Big Sisters, and we put our items outside our home on a Saturday morning. About 30 minutes after we left out our bags of items clearly labeled for BBBS, a blue van stopped next to our donation. As I approached the van, it took off down the street. About 15 minutes later we saw a white van stop outside our house. When the BBBS truck came by later in the morning, nothing was left for them to pick up. I am now concerned; how did these two vans know to come to my house on the day of the BBBS pickup?  We live in a residential area with not much outside street traffic, so we know when unfamiliar cars come into the neighborhood. It is highly unlikely that these vans were just driving by on this day.
Answer: The Big Brothers Big Sisters organization knows there are people in vans or cars who drive around neighborhoods looking for donations placed curbside, but says it’s not because it publicizes its pickups.
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Question: We received a phone call to donate items to Big Brothers Big Sisters, and we put our items outside our home on a Saturday morning. About 30 minutes after we left out our bags of items clearly labeled for BBBS, a blue van stopped next to our donation. As I approached the van, it took off down the street. About 15 minutes later we saw a white van stop outside our house. When the BBBS truck came by later in the morning, nothing was left for them to pick up. I am now concerned; how did these two vans know to come to my house on the day of the BBBS pickup? We live in a residential area with not much outside street traffic, so we know when unfamiliar cars come into the neighborhood. It is highly unlikely that these vans were just driving by on this day.

Answer: The Big Brothers Big Sisters organization knows there are people in vans or cars who drive around neighborhoods looking for donations placed curbside, but says it’s not because it publicizes its pickups. Login for more...