BIG GIVEAWAY 2024
Welcome! We are glad you are here. If you are a NEW student arriving in Summer or Fall 2025 with furniture or household needs, please join us on Friday, August 22, to register in person for the Big Giveaway and attend the Big Party. Please check back here for event times and additional details!
Our 2025 Big Giveaway will include a chance to register for items such as a desk with a chair, a lamp, a bike, or a vacuum. We will also have small kitchen appliances (like a blender, a rice cooker, or a microwave) or boxed sets of bakeware/cookware. These items will all be in “new” or “like new” condition.
See here for a list of items available at this year’s Giveaway! Each student can register for one large + one small item OR two small items.
August 22nd: Time 5:30-9 PM | Big Giveaway Registration & Big Party
Registration: Grace Bible Church Anderson - 700 Anderson Street
Please come to 700 Anderson Street on Friday, August 22nd, to register for your furniture or household goods to be delivered on Saturday, August 23rd. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., and the doors will not open before 5 p.m.
Big Party: Grace Bible Church Anderson - 700 Anderson Street
The night before the Big Giveaway, we will host a party in the parking lot of 700 Anderson Street. Students can meet other arriving students, enjoy good food from around the world, and talk with International Student groups. Everyone is welcome!
August 23rd: Starts at 9am - Big Giveaway Deliveries
Delivery: A volunteer will contact you on the morning of Saturday, August 23rd, to let you know when they are on their way to deliver your items. Please have someone at home to receive the items, as we cannot leave them outside.
TRANSPORTATION: For Registration & the Big Party
Two Texas A&M bus routes get to Registration and the Big Party: 26 (Rudder) and 27 (Ring Dance). Times vary with all buses, so please check schedules ahead of time. At the Big Party on Friday night (see paragraph above), there will be sign-ups for getting rides back home that night.
