Frank rope took a call at the lost and found office.and-Hilton San Francisco Union Square was found in November.Frank rope took a call at the lost and found office.and-Hilton San Francisco Union Square was found in November.For more similar stories, check the weekly travel newsletter of the Chronicle!Sign up here.Jo Licata doesn't know what to do with 6-foot-The tall dinosaur in her officeLast year, the giant Barney doll was left at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, dispatching it as a job for Licata.But who will take a giant stuffed animal in a short time?Licata, the hotel's community program manager, immediately contacted some of Hilton's more than 50 non-profit organizations working in the Bay Area to receive donations.If the huge toy didn't upset her, it was because likata saw something very strange.Her office is almost always filled with luggage, various bags and meeting giveaways from logo water bottles to clipsOn the tube of hand sanitizerBarney is just one of thousands of items.From cell phone charger and suit coat to diamond earrings and strollerForgotten or abandoned by guests and meeting personnel every month."I like to get unusual items because it's a challenge," Licata said .".The items left in the hotel range from mundane to exotic to something that is hard to mention.Most of the items left by Hilton hotel and other San Francisco hotels are not just sitting there and getting lostand-Or thrown into the trash.Many people continue to live a second life if no one claims it.Even random weird things like signs, walkers, orphan earrings, abandoned luggage, medical supplies --Yes, a huge dinosaur.Donate to organizations that can make good use of them.According to the 2015 survey released by G6 Hospitality, which owns the accommodation brand Motel 6 and Studio 6, what people left, of the 54% US tourists surveyed, 1,060 said they left something in the hotel room at some point in their lives.The survey found that 29% of people are more likely to accidentally leave their own things in the hotel room than take the hotel items --Like shampoo or soap.home with them.In addition, 35% of respondents returned to the hotel to retrieve what they had forgotten.The most common thing in the hotel so far is the telephone and electronic charger.Hilton Union Square alone has 1,921 rooms and 1,000 rooms, collecting about 250 chargers per month.Fairmont San Francisco and San Francisco's palaces also collect hundreds of Chargers each month, which are kept for a while before being processed."I always tell people who leave the charger at home to go to the concierge to ask for the charger," Licata said ."."But every six weeks, we have one.The waste company that came to get these things."Clothing such as hoodie and coat, business dress, shoes, rain jacket, dress and even more intimate items, as well as glasses and jewelry, will usually stay in the hotel room as well.In addition to underwear, clothes, glasses and other useful items, donations are usually made to homeless shelters, women's shelters, Salvation Army and other non-profit organizations.Suitcases and strollers that people just buy and leave for travel are provided to programs that help single mothers and homeless families."July and August are our big holidays, but people who come here don't always realize it's not a warm month," Licata said ."."They ended up having to buy jerseys and hats jackets because they were not ready for the cold.Sometimes they just leave those things behind."Even a show," gifts such as T-Shirts and hats have found a new life in the San Francisco non-profit organization.The demand for Totes is particularly high, Licata said."A lot of the time, these meetings and trade shows don't want to ship back these remaining items," Licata said ."."Totes is very popular.All organizations want totes."Orphan earrings and other clothing jewelry, remaining trade show signs and similar items are donated to creative reuse of artwork (scrap) or non-profit theater companies and schools.After a medical trade show, discarded medical equipment is a bit difficult to place, likata said.She eventually found a non-profit organization that shipped medical equipment to developing countries.All these little soap guests open the package and only use it once or twice?Even these are being reused."We collect discarded soap every three to four weeks, and then send it to the place where the world is cleaned and let them melt," licata said. "Disinfect them and create new soap, sent to developing countries and disaster relief departments, as in the areas recently hit by hurricanes. ".The leftovers of most hotels in San Francisco follow the agreement of the California Hotel and Accommodation Association, which recommends that the items found be handed over to the hotel's lost and found officeand-Under the close attention of hotel security officers, the department where they were recorded and held for a period of time was found."After 90 days, if we do not successfully reunite the item with the owner, the person who found the item will first get its permission," Licata said ."."After that, we donated the items to the community."Items are returned when requested by the guest."Call the lost and found office of the hoteland-Find the department as soon as possible.They will be happy to arrange the return of the items, "said Michelle Heston, regional director of public relations at Fairmont Hotels and Resorts."Under the agreement, any illegal items found will be immediately reported and handed over to the local authorities."Sometimes the hotel goes above and beyond to return the beloved items.At the Palace Hotel, a little girl's plush rabbit mixed up with bedding and was sent to the laundry service during room cleaning.The girl was upset."Our housekeeping director went to the laundry service and they found the rabbi but the family had left to go home in Texas, rene Roberts, who represents the San Francisco Palace Hotel, marketing and public relations, said."So we took pictures of the rabbi by the pool, the rabbi was drinking tea, rabby went out with the chef, drove an expensive car and sent the pictures to the family, so they know we're taking care of Rabby."The Housekeeping Department made a duvet for Rabby, let him sleep in the return package, and attached a photo album of Rabby adventurous for his family when the toy was returned."It's a lovely little thing and it makes the little girl happy," Roberts said .".However, not all items are easily returned.One of the most strange items that the palace transports to the owner is a set of tires left in the room and a complete-Mink coat.The Fairmont San Francisco hotel has found a false leg and a set of false teeth."If it's a valuable project, people will call them."We found a lot of laptops, electronics, jewelry and items that people want to claim," Roberts said .".If the owner wants to come back, more vivid and romantic items will also be retained."Depending on the item, if no one claims it, some items will be discarded within the specified time," Heston said .".As for Barney, he also found a second call: Hilton Union Square donated huge stuffed dinosaurs to the child protection service."We got a call saying that two sisters were taken away from home.The 3-year-The old one was very sad, but when she walked into the waiting area of the children, she saw Barney and ran over and threw herself at him, holding him tightly for comfort, "likata said."My eyes shed tears when I heard this sentence.Heide Brandes is a free writer.Email: Travel @ sfchronicle.com.