High folks. Sorting through almost 3 decades of crap in my house and garage, I have quite a pile of old clothes that I will never wear again. I googled and there are many charities asking for old clothes. Just wonder if you good people have any suggestions? Fav charities etc?
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 05:18 pm
st. joeseph or CHOC
st. joeseph or CHOC
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 05:22 pm
we got rid of a ton of
we got rid of a ton of clothes last year... I chose a donation bin based on convenience (it's next to the liquor store down the street lol).
((((2 birds))))
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 05:23 pm
Do you have Occupy Medical or
Do you have Occupy Medical or something like that that passes the clothes on for free? A comprehensive free clinic? When I gave Greg's clothes away I wanted to make sure that they would be distributed for free. I guess you might not have Warming Centers in Southern California, eh?
Big project you've got going on!
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 05:38 pm
i can tell you this -
i can tell you this -
old tshirts and the like will never make it on to anyones back in most cases.
i worked in a papermill for many years and we purchased rags by the bale. bales were the size of full size refrigerators.
all old donated tshirts.
im sure the cash we paid went to good use helping out those in need but the folks who folded up their tshirts for pickup or dreamed of their old shit getting worn again were misled.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face Nancyinthesky
on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 05:50 pm
One of my neighbors was
One of my neighbors was recently collecting clothes for some Kenyan Stanford students. They needed mostly warm clothes. THeres another neighbor doing a clothing drive for kids in Cambodia - she's traveling to an orphanage there soon. I suggest asking your neighbors..or just going with convenience and dropping the stuff off a St Vincent de Paul, or the drop boxes at the liquor store.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 05:50 pm
The clothes I gave in the
The clothes I gave in the winter were handed directly to people who were unhoused and cold, and the ones in the summer were shared with other people without homes.
I hope the money collected by that the people who sell to the paper mills is used wisely.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 05:54 pm
i bring old clothes to the
i bring old clothes to the home depot in passaic. there's a drop off box but i leave them in front of the box. the day laborers sprint to the bags and take what they want. i know those clothes are not going to be sopping up oil on a factory floor.
yes me too judit. i guess the $ serves a greater good than the shirts themselves. those trucks need gas
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 06:41 pm
Candyfrog sent me a box of
Candyfrog sent me a box of choice T-Shirts some time ago, and they were too large for my skinny frame. The plan was to learn quilting, but a few have been passed along to other Zoners who(m) would actually wear them. I still intend to learn Quilting.
My old stuff goes into 'Woods-Wear' and then oil rag material.
Woodchucks & Chipmunks laugh at my fashion.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Racketinmyhead Racketinmyhead
on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 06:42 pm
Those clothing bins popping
Those clothing bins popping up everywhere are usually used for profit. A quick google search and you can read about it.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 06:46 pm
Yes, And I don't often use
Yes, And I don't often use those bins, but it's still better then putting the stuff in the garbage, especially for shoes and clothing that are too fugly to be worn - or donated to non profits.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 06:50 pm
>Those clothing bins popping
>Those clothing bins popping up everywhere are usually used for profit
i can see this for sure. this is why i leave stuff outside the box. some unfortunate poking around the box will really use the stuff.
and stu -
no dead tshirt quilt for husky?
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 06:53 pm
Getting Rid Of Stuff Is
Getting Rid Of Stuff Is AWESOME ! I Recently Did That !!
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 06:58 pm
Stu, I sent Betsy some tour
Stu, I sent Betsy some tour shirts some years back. Opposite, I couldn't fit anymore.
Good ole' Grateful Dead shirts.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 07:08 pm
The bins are so shady. I run
The bins are so shady. I run a business and I get a bin appearing in our lot about once every couple months. The first one that appeared I tried to call to get picked up because clothes were everywhere, dirtying our lot. I couldn't get anybody to respond. Come to find out, this bin wasn't approved by corporate and they illegally placed them on private property. The most recent one that appeared in the darkness of night looked to have been made in a garage. All wood with a simple pad lock and stenciled spray paint with a random, gmail email, lol.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 07:20 pm
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the "unsecure" bins sometimes serve as crash pads for local homeless drunks around here
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough Disco Stu
on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 07:33 pm
Candyfrog,I am still going to
Candyfrog,I am still going to learn how to work a sewing machine. Don't worry, your T-shirts are still safe and/or gone to good homes. Those who(m) leave the stuff near the bins are doing the Right thing. Someone left a few sacks of stuffed animals one day, and I saw an opportunity. "Which of these is the sturdiest?" So I swiped a Teddy Bear for Hüsky, and that is his truck Bear. He has not destroyed it yet, although he attempts to. That Bear is his Pal.
Really, it is his pet stuffed animal. That is his Road Bear.
At home, he has a stuffed Lion.which shows minimal signs of shredding. It is his Imperial Lion of Judah. He got that one in New Hampshire last year about Phil's Birthday.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 08:14 pm
Thanks everyone for your
Thanks everyone for your responses. Yeah I want them to be warn not sold. That is why goodwill and the like are out.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 08:20 pm
No OM Judit. Looks like that
No OM Judit. Looks like that is a Eugene thing.
What is CHOC, Turts?
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 08:22 pm
mark - if the org is legit
mark - if the org is legit and they sell the stuff as rags and then use the cash to operate thats not necessarily a bad thing.
like i said earlier the trucks don't run on air and the homeboys emptying the boxs aren't working for free either.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 08:23 pm
Maybe a free medical clinic
Maybe a free medical clinic that offers other services? Yes, Eugene has a great one (Whitebird), but other places must have them, too.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 08:25 pm
Another scenario is that the
Another scenario is that the stuff goes to Goodwill or St. Vincent de Paul and they sell them to people who are looking for inexpensive clothes. Not my first choice, but at least something...
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 08:41 pm
I'll drop off my clothes at
I'll drop off my clothes at the PADS / homeless shelter. The clothes get to people who need them at no cost.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 09:21 pm
If there is a bin at an
If there is a bin at an actual thrift store that sells stuff cheap (ir, not consignment shop), that can be an option. I shop at the ghetto thrift sometimes and most folks who are there are there because they need $2.99 flannels. Oh wait, that's pretty much what Judit said.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 10:21 pm
Cleaning out the clothes
Cleaning out the clothes makes you feel good! I think that much of the old clothes is treated like a commodity w companies buying big bales of it, sorting it and reselling to places like Africa. Kinda like scrap metal and wire. Think Goodwill and salvation army are into it. I love watching a show in a third world and kids are rockin our old first world t shirts in the background. I usually hit a "good bin" right near salvation army and be done with it. Outside the box is a thought. I just want folks to use it.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 10:32 pm
Our fair community has a
Our fair community has a resource center which accepts donations of all kinds.
Clothes, food, rides to appointments, and such are provided to those in need.
It takes a village.
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 10:45 pm
I buy people cheeseburgers
I buy people cheeseburgers and brag about it online
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 10:50 pm
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on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – 11:41 pm
Here is a NPR story about
Here is a NPR story about what happens to recycled and donated clothes in America and how they sort it all out. Much of it ends up as rags or shipped in bundles to Africa:
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/12/10/247362140/the-afterlife-of-...
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on Thursday, January 12, 2017 – 12:32 am
Thanks all. Hey Deadly,
Thanks all. Some really good ideas. Hey Deadly, where are you located?
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on Thursday, January 12, 2017 – 12:42 am
Cancer Aid Thrift Store
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on Thursday, January 12, 2017 – 10:16 am
MarkD, I am in Columbus, OH.
MarkD, I am in Columbus, OH.
The Clintonville-Beechwold Resource Center is a gem in our neighborhood.
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on Thursday, January 12, 2017 – 10:27 am
We have a local org. - Vina
We have a local org. - Vina Moses - that makes sure that the clothing and other donations they receive go directly to poor people first. Only stuff they feel can't be used locally goes into the overseas recycling stream.
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on Thursday, January 12, 2017 – 10:27 am
We have a local org. - Vina
2x post.
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on Thursday, January 12, 2017 – 10:48 am
Red Cross is usually looking.
Red Cross is usually looking. They distribute to folks who have lost everything to fires.
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on Thursday, January 12, 2017 – 10:56 am
A local woman in our
A local woman in our community recently opened up a small goodwill type non profit thrift store - specifically to provide job training and employment to a group of single mothers enrolled in a rehab program she started. The women also create original art for sale. I have dropped off a few bags of clothing there and also done some shopping.