# 10 most bizarre donations to charity shops - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/10/01/10-most-bizarre-donations-charity-shops/ - Published: 2010-10-01T09:48:14+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **This list is a year old, but still raises a smile. Last year [PDSA](http://www.pdsa.org.uk) published a list of the ten most bizarre donated goods it had received at its network of charity shops.** They were: * Freeze dried astronaut ice cream, vacuum packed (Leeds) * Canoe, including paddles (Morriston, Wales) * Emergency distress flare (Newton Abbot, Devon) * Shower cubicle (Merthyr Tydfil, Wales) * 34-year-old condom, still in its original wrapper (Kilburn, London) * False teeth (Barkingside, London and Elgin, Scotland) * Live rifle ammunition (Glenrothes, Scotland) * Mobility scooter (Shirley, West Midlands) * Samurai sword (Shanklin, IOW and Poole, Dorset) * A musical organ (Huyton, Liverpool) Yes, the dangerous donations of the sword, live rifle rounds, replica handguns and an emergency distress flare were all handed into police. ## Advertisement What about your charity shops? Can you beat the above for quirkyness? ## More unusual donations to charities * **[10 weird items donated to Mind charity shops](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/02/14/ten-weird-items-donated-to-mind-charity-shops/)( 14 February 2020)** * **[10 unusual donations to British Heart Foundation charity shops](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/03/10-unusual-donations-british-heart-foundation-charity-shops/)( 3 July 2014)** * **[Unusual legacies at Oxfam](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/06/16/unusual-legacies-oxfam/)( 16 June 2010)** * **[Ancient Egyptian figurine wins most unusual donated item awards](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/02/ancient-egyptian-figurine-wins-unusual-donated-item-award/)( 2 May 2018)** * **[Nipple tassels and a live hand grenade amongst the weirdest items donated to charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/11/16/nipple-tassels-live-hand-grenade-amongst-weirdest-items-donated-charity/)( 16 November 2017) **