In the chaos of moving out of Georgetown for the summer, Project Hilltop is aiming to save all of the usable items that students are willing to donate. Project Hilltop, started through Residence Life, is a group of resident assistants, hall directors and residents committed to improving the working space on Georgetown’s campus and increasing Georgetown’s sustainability.

So far for the Move Out Drive, according to McCarthy Hall Director Jess Buckley, the volunteer coordinator and adviser for the Move Out Drive, Project Hilltop has collected and donated 10 fridges, 30 lamps, eight boxes of small electronics, 30 various pieces of household furniture, 20 boxes of food, 15 boxes of school supplies, 40 plastic storage containers, about nine boxes of books, about 30 bags of linens and 100 bags of clothes.

“The purpose is really twofold – first, we want to reduce the trash we produce at move out; second, we want to place reusable items with people in need in the city,” Buckley said.

With over 80 volunteers and multiple campus partners, Georgetown’s overwhelming support and donations have been essential to making this drive work, according to Buckley.

“From providing funds to feeding and giving T-shirts to volunteers, to supplying boxes and bags for the drive, to publicizing volunteer needs to their communities, to offering use of trucks and drivers, to providing space and approval for the process, many campus partners have been key,” she wrote in an e-mail.

The donations will go to Pathways to Housing DC, New Endeavors by Women, Community Family Life Services, Interfaith Clothing Center, N Street Village, Catholic Charities and other organizations suggested by students. The main connection to these groups for Project Hilltop was Valerie Johnson, the president and founding director of KEYS for the Homeless, who helped to organize the drive so it best suited these organizations with wish lists, encouraged KEYS partners to participate in the Move Out Drive, communicated logistics, served as a point of contact for the committee to communicate information about the drive to KEYS partners and worked with committee on public relations and media efforts to promote student involvement for a successful Move Out Drive.

“The invitation for nonprofit organizations to be welcomed on campus and participate in the student Move Out Drive offers abundant resources of basic household goods to meet real life needs. Executive directors, case managers, care providers and staff are deeply grateful for the recognition and support of their dedicated work in the community,” Johnson said in an e-mail.

“I personally think it’s great Residence Life even with all of their projects during the year is still able to do this at the end of the year. I’m really happy and proud to be a part of it,” said Chris Butterfield (MSB ’12), one of the RAs who helped to organize the on-campus drive along with Liani Balasuriya (COL ’11).

Johnson added that the drive gave students a way for students to repurpose their unwanted items and help those in need.

Sites are open for dropping off donations until Monday, when the items will be picked up.

New South, Village C West, Village C East, Darnall, Harbin, Southwest Quad, Copley, Village A and LXR all had drop-off sites beginning May 10.