Danish social welfare organization Kirkens Korshær has launched Secondhand Skins, a digital thrift store that allows Counter-Strike 2 players to donate unused skins and other in-game items, according to the charity’s official campaign page. The donated items will be resold, with all proceeds going toward supporting vulnerable children and young people in Denmark.
The initiative takes the traditional thrift-store model into the CS2 skin economy, giving players a way to turn unused digital items into charitable donations.
A thrift store for digital items
Kirkens Korshær has operated physical thrift stores for more than 50 years and currently runs around 230 locations across Denmark.
Secondhand Skins applies the same concept to CS2 cosmetics: an item that no longer has value to one player can be donated and converted into financial support for someone else.
“With Secondhand Skins, we want to make recycling simple and relevant for a new target audience. Gamers can give things they no longer use a new life and at the same time support, for example, children and young people in vulnerable positions in Denmark.”
Morten Østergaard Sørensen, head of communications at Kirkens Korshær, said the project also gives the organization a way to reach a younger audience through something already familiar to them.
How CS2 skin donations work
Players can donate through the official Secondhand Skins campaign page.
The process is based on Steam trading:
- Open the designated Steam trade link.
- Select the CS2 items you want to donate.
- Send the trade offer to Kirkens Korshær.
- The organization receives and resells the items.
Donations are voluntary and cannot be refunded after the trade has been completed.
The charity expects that even lower-value skins can become meaningful when donated in larger numbers.
“Recycling has always been about how what no longer has value for one person can gain value for another. That principle does not change just because the object is digital.”
Only Counter-Strike items are accepted
The project is limited specifically to Counter-Strike cosmetic items.
Steam accounts, full games and items from other titles are not accepted through the donation system.
Kirkens Korshær also makes clear that Secondhand Skins is an independent charity project and has no official affiliation, partnership or endorsement from Valve or Steam.
The initiative represents an unusual crossover between traditional charity thrift stores and the digital item economy built around Counter-Strike.
