here in my area i give scraps to the local pre-school, the senior center, an assisted living facility and the public high-school art department...all of which LOVE IT when i come through the door with a big black garbage bag of little scraps of fabric. there is also a school (for young soon to be & newly mom's) that accepts fabrics other than quilting fab's and patterns/notions/thread ect.
i also give empty spools and other things like that to the local boy scout group.