September 6, 2005
Where Can I Donate Clothes?
I cleaned out my closet this weekend and have a few bags of clothing in good condition. My first reaction was to donate to the Red Cross for hurricane victims, but are there any agencies or shelters in NYC that will give clothing directly to people in need?
Now is a good time to remember that while the poor and displaced of the Gulf Coast need our help and sympathy - and will for quite some time - poverty is not something that only occurs after a natural disaster. We still encourage you to donate to hurricane relief effort, but many of New York's own citizens have to struggle just to keep up with basic needs every day. Your donation of clothing is one good way to help.
Goodwill and the Salvation Army are two places to start. Goodwill has nine locations in four boroughs, so you should be able to find one near you.
The Department of Sanitation runs a website, NYCWasteLess, that includes this list of places that accept donations of clothing. (It also includes lists of places that accept general donations of books, computers, furniture and other goods.)
Two great organizations on the city's list are Dress for Success and Career Gear which accept donations of business attire for women and men, respectively. The organizations provide the proper clothing for women and men to go on interviews and start new careers. They also offer job counseling and other services.
There are many more places where you can donate. NYU students run NYU Clothes Line which accepts donations of clothes for a program to help the needy. Your local church or synagogue might run a shelter or collect clothing. With any organization, be sure to call to check drop-off locations and times. Any tips from Gothamist readers?
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You can also try Beacon's Closet. They will pick through your bag of handmedowns, pick out a few they'd like to sell, give you a few dollars in store credit or (less) in cash, and then donate anything left over. I tried it last weekend and now have $40 of store credit as well as the bag taken care of for me.
http://www.beaconscloset.com/
Are clothes going to rebuild thousands of homes? Are clothes going to restore the infrastructure? You're better off donating cash.
You're right, money is needed for the hurricane victims, but why not give whatever you can to whoever you can? Should this person just burn these clothes instead of giving them to someone who could use them?
It was reported that one in four Katrina survivors fled without shoes.
Cash is above and beyond the best way to help, but why let clothes go to waste when there are so many in need? Someone who doesn't have to spend money on new shoes or clothes might be able to use the money they have for rent, food and medicine.
The issue of donating clothes is interesting. If you really step back and think about it, the one resource we actually have too much of in the U.S. is clothes. Now I'm not talking about stylish stuf, but just basic stuff.
Also, most donation centers--regardless of crisis--are overrun with clothes. In fact many of the clothes that are donated to centers are really unusable and are often processed and shredded to be fillings in bedding and pillows. And lots of clothes donated in the U.S. is processed, bulk-packed and sold overseas to wholesalers who then sell the shirts to third-world nations.
I do donate clothes when I can. But I have no preconception that my shirt will instantly be given to someone else nearby who needs a shirt. And in the case of Hurricane Katrina, if I were in a state closer to the affected area I would be glad to donate clothes. Because at that point there are no transport costs involved.
Which is why when push comes to shove, money is the best thing to give. The next thing are real supplies based on what people need. But let's be real. If there's a choice between clothes and food and medicine, I think clothes will be shoved to the bottom of the list.
Giving people too much of something sometimes causes its own problems.
Never donate or get anything from the Salvation Army. They're a bigoted organization and a stain upon New York City's history. They discriminate against gays, anyone who's had an abortion, and people of other religions. They've been sued by the NYCLU and people from within the very organization. They're a hateful group who's funding should be cut and redirected towards more tolerant and caring organizations. Supporting them in any way hurts the fight for gay rights and religious freedom. Donate your clothes and even your charity come Christmas time somewhere else. Don't let them fool you. Please give, but give to those who really want to help – not to those who are willing to force their own religious morals and doctrines on others.
Worth reading.
http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/003704.html
Jack has no concept about what it means to be poor. How do you go to a job interview if you don't have the proper clothes? How do your growing kids get new shoes if you hardly have enough money to pay for their dinners?
I know people who teach in NYC public schools and see kids who come to school without jackets in the middle of winter. It's not because their parents aren't trying (although there are plenty of bad parents, poor and rich) but it's because of a lot of reasons beyond their day-to-day control. They simply don't have the money to buy a growing kid a coat every year or two.
I'm shocked and saddened by those who come on the many Gothamist posts about hurricane benefits and fundraising and complain about how people should be donating their time and money. There are lots of ways to do it, lots of ways to do it wrong, yes, but lots of ways to do it right. Who are we to say that donating clothes is a waste of time? No one's saying we should donate dirty underwear, but unless you have been airlifted from your home carrying only the wet, dirty clothes on your back, maybe you should shut the hell up.
It's sad that Jack would read a post and comments about donating used clothing - castoffs, really - and then decide to comment about "giving people too much of something."
DON'T GIVE TO THE RED CROSS!
PASS THIS ALONG!!
Word. I am reposting this Bulletin from Dirt Vintage because I have strong feelings about this. The day after Katrina, I was outraged to learn from the media that Red Cross NYC had only sent a van of 3 (!!!) volunteers down. Only three from NYC, with all the $ they get per year!? I know it was just the day after, but still.
Furthermore, my Uncle Stan is Director of Food for the Hungry, a more grassy-roots org. based in Phoenix (don't hate on them just because they're christian -- they're helping). If you want to make a more direct effort, please see the links at the bottom of this post, donate at www.fh.org or call 1-800-2-HUNGERS
(1-800-248-6437)
>From original post:
"Hey friends,
AS A NURSE, I have to discourage you from giving to the RED CROSS!!! I can tell you first hand that the Red Cross is nothing but a money making business! My sister worked with the Red Cross in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1997 when 60,000 people were homeless due to flooding from the Red River. The Red Cross workers in the shelters laughed at the sight, were rude to the vicitms, and provided little to no financial help to the cause although money was collected on their part (mentioned below... please read!). My grandmother, who was a nurse in World War II, has horrible stories about the Red Cross... everything from abandoning soldiers to selling basic goods to the troops that had been donated to the Red Cross to GIVE to the soldiers. Ask any nurse that I know... they will each tell you what the Red Cross is really about. The Red Cross has a long history of misappropriating funds.
I was so happy to receive the forwarded article below.... If you are going to give money to the cause, give your money to the victims, not to the pockets of the wealthy Red Cross board of members!
here is why you should NOT give to the red cross....
Don't Give Your Hurricane Donations to the Red Cross
Establishment charities have history of withholding disaster funds
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones | September 1 2005
As the aftermath of hurricane Katrina continues to wreak mayhem and havoc amid reports of mass looting, shooting at rescue helicopters, r*pes and m*rders, establishment media organizations are promoting the Red Cross as a worthy organization to give donations to.
The biggest website in the world, Yahoo.com, displays a Red Cross donation link prominently on its front page.
Every time there is a major catastrophe the Red Cross and similar organizations like United Way are given all the media attention while other charities are left in the shadows. This is not to say that the vast majority of Red Cross workers are not decent people who simply want to help those in need.
But what the media fails consistently to remember in their promotion of the organization is that the Red Cross have been caught time and time again withholding money in the wake of horrible disasters that require immediate release of funds.
The Red Cross, under the Liberty Fund, collected $564 million in donations after 9/11. Months after the event, the Red Cross had distributed only $154 million. The Red Cross' explanation for keeping the majority of the money was that it would be used to help 'fight the war on terror'. To the victims, this meant that the money was going towards bombing broken backed third world countries like Afghanistan and setting up surveillance cameras and expanding the police state in US cities, and not towards helping them rebuild their lives.
Then Red Cross President Dr. Bernadine Healy arrogantly responded when questioned about the withholding of funds by stating, "The Liberty Fund is a war fund. It has evolved into a war fund."
Despite the family members of victims of 9/11 complaining bitterly to a House Energy and Commerce Committee's oversight panel, the issue seemed to be brushed under the carpet and the mud didn't stick.
The Red Cross' scandalous activities reach back far before 9/11.
After the devastating San Francisco earthquake in 1989, the Red Cross passed on only $10 million of the $50 million that had been raised, and banked the rest.
Similar donations after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and the Red River flooding in 1997 were also greedily withheld.
Smaller charities that were involved with the 2004 Tsunami relief project went public to say that large charities like Red Cross and United Way were engaged in secret backroom negotiations with each other that meant a large portion of the donation money was purposefully restricted from reaching the most needy areas affected by the disaster.
The history is clear, the Red Cross and other large so-called charities are in actual fact front group collection agencies for the military industrial complex.
Many informed historians have even alleged that the Red Cross was used as a Skull and Bones cover to overthrow The Russian Czar and pave the way for the rise of the Bolsheviks.
Do not give any money to the Red Cross unless you support the expansion of empire abroad and police state at home. Find a smaller trustworthy organization in the local area of New Orleans and make your donation to them.
here's a link with some alternative choices...Network for Good
here is a good one.
Really efficient, Only $7 helps send 50 lbs of food
Distribution Percentages
During the fiscal year 2004, Feed The Children committed $828, 699, 375 to program services.
Here is the percentage breakdown of expenditures:
* Program Services (childcare, food, medical, disaster relief, education and community development): 91%
* Fund Raising: 7%
* Management and Supporting Services: 2%
* Total: 100%
Below are some small, grassroots and New Orleans-based resources,
organizations and institutions that will need your support in the coming
months.
Social Justice:
www.jjpl.org
www.iftheycanlearn.org
www.nolaps.org
www.thepeoplesinstitute.org/
www.criticalresistance.org/index.php?name=crno_home
Current Info and Resources:
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/about/help/katrina_cl.html"
Jack, take a cue from astralgirl. You write and complain and talk about what you won't do and don't offer specifics about what people should do.
I don't necessarilly agree with everything she wrote, but at least she put up other sites where people can donate. That's called constructive criticism and is very effective. You just come on here and attack, attack, attack. So insentive to the reality of poor people.
You can also donate used formal dresses to the Glass Slipper Project (and other similar organizations.) The donations -along with shoes & accessories- are given to girls during prom season.
here's a link: http://www.glassslipperproject.org/yostate.htm
G says:
"Jack has no concept about what it means to be poor."
??? So I criticize the donation of clothes and suddenly I have no idea what it means to be poor? Actually, my parents and the family I was raised in was poor. Dad worked in a box factory on Metropolitain Avenue in Williamsburg. Mom worked in various sweatshops in lower Manhattan and in Gowanus. I grew up in a tenement. So please Mr. G get your facts straight. I know exactly what one needs when they are poor. And clothes were never as big an issue as people are making it.
And regaring what jim says:
"Jack, take a cue from astralgirl. You write and complain and talk about what you won't do and don't offer specifics about what people should do.
I don't necessarilly agree with everything she wrote, but at least she put up other sites where people can donate. That's called constructive criticism and is very effective. You just come on here and attack, attack, attack. So insentive to the reality of poor people."
Jim have you ever worked for agencies that donate and accept donations? Do you really know that most clothng donations ARE discarded. Sorry to break the news you, but the tons of junk people donates sometimes is just that junk. No doubt there are people who donate consciously and with foresight. But too many people donate unusable stuff to Salvation Army and others. Heck, go talk to someone who has to sort through the stuff and you might discover I'm not as wrong as you think.
As far as the horsesh-t comments about being "So insentive to the reality of poor people.", please talk to someone else. Because my family was poor. My parents were poor. And if you reread my comments you'd realize that all I am criticizing the is concept that donating clothes is automatically a good thing. I do thnk that donating NEEDED supplies is invaluable. And I also think that donating MONEY is the most useful thing anyone can do. Sorry to say but that's the reality especially when you live so far away from New Orleans and the Gulf States.
Heck, on the Saturday before Katrina hit I donated blood. And that was before ANY of this tragedy fully came to light. I've donated jackets for winter coat drives. And old glasses for glasses drives for those who can't afford them.
So please, preach to someone else.
I fully know the value of kindness and charity. But I also know the fact that too many people donate to assuage their own feelings of guilt without really thinking about what others would need.
That's all I am saying.
And as far as other places to donate to, please look at the other Katrina posts I have posted to. The ones in while I encourage people to donate to ACORN and others.
I have never been against donations. But think about whether you are actually helping someone else, or easing the strain of your own guilt.
PS: Also, the other form of donations I criticize were those silly cocktail parties where a measly 10% of all proceeds would go to Hurricane relief. How quiant! I criticized and provided information on a fundraising event that Habana Outpost in Fort Greene was hosting in which 100% (ie: ALL) proceeds would go to hurricane relief.
Jack, just because someone puts up a post encouraging people to donate clothes doesn't mean they are discouraging people from donating money. Someone wrote in asking how to donate some old clothes and Gothamist gave the person an answer. I fail to see how donating clothes and donating money are mutually exclusive. Should the person's clothes just have gone in the trash? So what if 90% of what he donates will be made into pillow stuffing? If they can find a few good things from his donation that will help someone, great. You're a bit of a glass-half-empty sort of guy.
maybe jack should stop posting on EVERY SINGLE GOTHAMIST POST EVER and find something constructive to do with his time. seriously. i don't think i've ever read a post and NOT seen his rantings in the comments below. the man must be an expert on everything.
jack, i'm actually the donations coordinator for a homeless shelter on the upper west side. aside from picking out the obviously dirty or torn clothing from a donation, we wash and fold everything and have a room where our guests can come to pick out what they want. i'd say over 80% of what we accept is turned around and given to the needy. i've seen guys take neckties because they one they use for an interview got a stain on it. not that we can accept everything. we usually ask people to buy new socks and underwear rather than donating old ones (gross). it sounds like you haven't spoken to the right places. many of the people i work with need all sorts of donations to put their lives together.
we get cash donations so we can offer job counseling, legal assistance and other services, but we can't necessarily give money directly to people. but we can give them clothing and other things like furniture or kitchenware so that they can put more of their own money towards other necessities and feel a little less financial pressure each month.
no one can take away from your own experience, jack, but your experience is not the be all and end all of all experiences. i encourage people to donate however they can with cash, clothing, supplies or all three.
Jim--could you please post the name of your shelter so that I can make a donation? Also, if anyone else knows of any other places like this, please post.
rather than single out mine, i'll post a list that has a few good ones on it -- that way you can donate to one near you. call the one you want to go to to see what they accept.
http://www.gtii.com/members/lannin/shelters/ny.htm
layla, let's not exaggerate. I don't comment on every post. Am I an 'expert' on everything? No. But at the same time what's wrong with expressing an opinion? Or should all comments simply be the cyber-equivalent of cheerleading?
And frankly the ad hominem attacks on people you don't agree with are quite petty. For example, I have a lull in the workday right now. Who has the time at 8:13 AM to write a comment on a workday?
Alex, 'glass-half-empty sort of guy'? Not really, I think a lot of good is coming from pleas for donations. I just felt people should put some perspective on the needs of people down there. Is the glass 'half-empty' when I point out that cocktail parties that donate 10% of receipts are quiant but questionable? Is the glass half-empty when I direct people to events in which 100% of proceeds go to relief efforts? C'mon. Sorry if I'm not going to accept some things at face value. Healthy cycncism and a critical eye are not negative; they're common sense in many cases.
And I stand by what I said before. In times of crisis some people donate with their heart and mind. And some people donate to calm down their own guilt. And sometimes when you donate to make your own guilt go away, you're not helping the people who truly need help.
People are donating. Whether they are doing it out of guilt or a real sense of personal ethics hardly matters right now. I doubt anyone who receives a cot, blanket, water, some warm food, and dry clothing is questioning where it comes from and how guilty the donor is.
I think a cocktail party that donates 10% of its proceeds is more than "quiant." It shows a lot of thoughtfulness and you have no idea if that's all the business can afford or not. (Strange really, since you often call on people to get their facts straight before throwing accusations.) That one business is donating 100% of it's receipts is beside the point. There are always better places for people to spend their money, but I'm glad that so many places are doing even just a little bit to help.
You could have just posted something saying, "Hey guys, Bar XYZ is donating 100% of its profits tonight. Check it out" and left it at that. Instead you have to disparage the good intentions of others just looking for a place to help.
Why Jack needs to question people's motives right now is strange.
And, yes, Jack, you comment on easily 90% of Gothamist posts. Guess you've found your audience for your opinions, which you are entitled to, but the only motive I question is your need to be heard on so many different subjects so frequently on a site you do not operate.
Why you would question the motives of people who are simply listing ways to help is arrogant, rude and not helpful. What "perspective" should people have "on the needs of people down there"? How much would these people have to lose for perspective to be something you wouldn't call for? Is there an amount of feces-infested water that someone would have to soak in before donated t-shirts and socks would be helpful?
"Why Jack needs to question people's motives right now is strange."
Actually, it's not stange if you have a long-term memory. Or at least one that spans back to 9-11 fundraising and recent southeast asia tsunami fundraising efforts. Many donations made to the Red Cross during 9-11 simply did not go to 9-11 related efforts. And in the case of southeast asia fundraising relief the big issue was that the governments of the coutries affected were so corrupt and inept the fear was that most of the funds raised would line the pockets of the corrupt.
Did I not say donating money is good? Did I not even point out others who accept donations?
Simply throwing money at problems does not just solve anything.
"And, yes, Jack, you comment on easily 90% of Gothamist posts."
I think that 90% is a gross exaggeration at best. There are tons of posts I have not commented on. I will say that this past week I have commented more often than previously on Gothamist. And most of those commenst are on the Katrina related posts.
But that's it. If you truly believe I comment on 90% of Gothamist posts I welcome you to tabulate and quantify that number. Please then pass that data along to me; click on my name to contact me via my website. And if it does indeed come out to 90%--a laughable claim at best--I will gladly take you out to Peter Lugers for a nice steak dinner. Seriously, prove it's 90% and you'll get the best meal of your life! Compliments of me!
"Guess you've found your audience for your opinions, which you are entitled to, but the only motive I question is your need to be heard on so many different subjects so frequently on a site you do not operate."
The comments are free and open to all. I don't comment anywhere near the laughable 90% number you come up with. And to throw the logic back at you, why do you feel the need to stifle comments on a site that you Joe do not operate?
"Is there an amount of feces-infested water that someone would have to soak in before donated t-shirts and socks would be helpful?"
When did I say that they should not get clothes? Where did that idea come from? I think that the donation of clothes is a great idea if you're in nearby states. Transportation and shipping issues don't exist if you're nearby. But if you're out of the immediate area, you're basically asking relief agencies to ship clothes when they are strained to even ship food, water, medicine and other things.
It's that simple.
Also, please read my first comment in while I point out that the one thing this nation does not have a shortage of is basic clothing. It's not a rare commodity. Food, medice and other very basic needs are always more valuable.
There's a reason agencies all over are asking softly but strongly for money and needed items first; everything else later.
If you feel the need to discuss this more, please contact me directly via my website. Click the link and there you go.
jesus, jack. just because some of the clothes won't make it to the gulf coast doesn't mean there aren't needy people HERE who couldn't use clothes. donate where you can and what you can. there are poor people in our own backyard - poverty rates have gone up in the last year even in NYC.
getting goods can sometimes be as effective for people as getting money. there's a big need for diapers among the displaced of new orleans for example. someone who doesn't have to shell out $4.99 for a pack of diapers can use the money to feed her kid for a day or two. i know you said you grew up poor, jack, but how the hell can any of us really understand losing EVERYTHING except the clothes on our backs. every little bit can make a difference in someone's life.
i volunteer at a homeless shelter each month. try telling the guys picking through sweaters, jeans, clean socks and underwear that the clothing that most people donate doesn't get used in the right way.
it seems like the majority of gothamist readers have been so generous with their time, money and spirit in raising awareness. but you are just a complainer. you see a minor inconsistency in someone's argument and you point it out ad nauseum, never pausing to admit when you are wrong. did you ever apologize to jim, who directly refuted your claim that most clothing gets shredded? that wasn't jim's experience at all. but if it doesn't happen through the lens of your own eyes and small mind, it doesn't happen, does it?
so maybe it isn't 90%, but really, you sure seem to comment on a hell of a lot more posts than the average reader. i can think of a few other names (SD, brianvan, etc.) but even they have had the good sense to back off of complaining when it comes to people's good intentions and actions. shame on you.
I find it horribly insensitive that Jack offered to take someone to dinner at Peter Luger's for winning a bet. How about offering to donate the MONEY you would have spent at PL's to relief funds? You know, since money is more important than food and clothing.
"so maybe it isn't 90%, but really, you sure seem to comment on a hell of a lot more posts than the average reader."
Quantify your misconceptions.
"did you ever apologize to jim, who directly refuted your claim that most clothing gets shredded?"
No, because I do know that most does get shredded. Do some research. And there's nothing wrong with clothing being shredded. I know that people have fantasies of their WHAM UK or Adam Ant t-shirts finding their way to a needy soul, but what's wrong with the material being used for filling or being sold overseas? Heck, most donations do get sold in bulk overseas. It's a known fact. Much in the same way most of the U.S. discarded electronics are shipped to China. Do some research. And Jim's credentials are quite vague--and questionable--since he can't even identify the group he works for.
Perhaps you should step back and realize that sometimes just tossing things at a problem does not solve things.
Heck, wasn't an insurmountable amout of resources thrown at the federal government after 9-11 to take care of its own people in case of an emergency? Glad to say that we all sacrificed so much in this country to get so little.
Jeez, Jack. We're not talking about federal pork spending, we're talking about clothes. How Congress and the White House spent money on homeland defense has little bearing on whether or not most people can afford clothing and food. A lot of federal money was wasted on 9/11, but most personal donations were not. I walked a case of saline eye wash over to a fire department on 9/12 and it was put to use immediately by firefighters washing the neverending dust from their eyes. I brought clean t-shirts so rescue workers would have something to change into after doing their work - many had not brought their own clothes after quickly being dispatched to NYC. i also gave cash to various agencies, but those material gifts had an immediate and helpful effect.
I can't identify my shelter directly because we have confidentiality issues; battered women and children who come to one of our facilities. we have another facility for homeless men, and much of the clothing that comes in goes to them. (we tend to get more men's clothing it seems.) it helps immensely. i strongly encourage people to donate good but unwanted clothing to local shelters because i've seen the difference it can make. having a clean shirt to change into every day gives a person an added amount of dignity when so much of it is taken away by homelessness.
for every WHAM t-shirt we get, Jack, we also get donations of new socks, packs of t-shirts, jeans, button down shirts, dress pants and more. those things help. some of our men are homeless but actually have jobs. for various reasons -- including expensive housing, personal tragedies, health problems, and, sometimes, bad choices -- they can't make their money last long enough to make it each month. the things we give them allows them to have a few more bucks to put towards savings or, in most cases, food when our facility is closed during the day. some of our men can hardly afford the $2 subway fare to get to and from our shelter each night.
No one expects donated clothes to solve every problem, but they help in small but important ways. Why can't you even just admit that and move on? What kind of position are you trying to defend?
http://www.kohlscorporation.com/companyNews/News02.htm
Donate gently used clothes to Kohl's.
Jack is a jerk. Plain and simple. I'm sure he was poor, but not in poverty. Big difference. What an ass to come on here while people are trying to do some good. Cash helps, sure, but should we just waste all the stuff we don't use anymore. Here's an idea, throw out all the old cans in your cabinet since poor people need cash more than food. Don't donate medical supplies (bandages, first aid kits) because poor people need money more than that stuff. Jack, your reasoning is terrible and you have proven yourself to be so resoundingly insensitive and stupid it's a wonder you can even turn on your computer to make these commments.
Apologize, man. That would show some real class.
plus, man, you do comment on here a lot. A LOT. haven't seen kojak, s.d. or any of those other frequent gothamisters on this one. you are an ass.
Hill-tribes’ Mission Aid of India - A great organization that helps poorest of the poor tribals, needy children and orphans who are working hard to stay clean and sober. Needs men’s, women’s and kid's used clothes and used toys. You can send to this address directly of your used clothes items by VPP parcel: Hill-tribes’ Mission Aid of India, Box – 26 Rengkai Road, Churachandpur – 795128, Manipur, India (Phone: (91) 3874-235599), e-mail: infohmai@yahoo.com
I've cleaned out my daughter's closet of some old toys. Some are actually in very good shape,- as are the stuffed animls and books and some other small toys. 3 bags in all. I hate to see the stuff go to waste- any suggestions for drop off? I work in NYC-Manhattan, and live in Queens. Thanks for any help, -S.A.
Maybe if I recommended shredding someone would have responded with an answer to my question sooner.
Where can I donate used toys and children clothing in NY ?
Thanks
freecycle.com is fantastic.
Post what you have on their board and you'll receive a billion responses in seconds. You arrange with recipient date, time for them to pick up, etc. You can also post for things that you are looking to receive as well. I've used it a bunch of times to give away stuff that is too good to throw away but I no longer need. They also organize a "Free Meet" every few months where you can drop off clothing, computers, and everything else and take whatever is left by others - ALL 100% FREE! Last one was in East Village and wildly successful. Most users are very respectful, grateful and friendly. Give it a try.
NYCWasteLe$$ has moved!
Please change your bookmarks to: www.nyc.gov/nycwasteless
www.freecycle.org actually.
If you live in PA, you can find boxes for "clothes for kids" all over latrobe and greensburg.
Or you could send all clothes donations to Erica Womack at 2956 Seminary Dr. Greensburg PA 15601.
Children in need are counting on you!
Redeemed Hearts Ministry
Dear brother and Sister in Christ,
We are extremely happy to meet you as we are also in the greater work of Lord Jesus Christ. We are running a Ministry by name “Redeemed Hearts Ministry” where we share our love of our Lord through serving the orphans, poor widows and Widowers. There are many beggars wandering nakedly and we feel extremely unhappy to help them as our resources are only the people in Christ but not the financial support. When they beg in front of our Ministry, I really hang myself in shame as we don’t have any old or new clothes to give for them.
Hence, I humbly request you to send us the old clothes for our ministry. And for every pair of clothes I will be assuredly accountable in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, the savior of the world and heavens. Please put a grace upon our activities at our web address: www.geocities.com/redeemedheartsministry
I remain
Your loving sister in Christ
Ann Laurie
Secretary
Redeemed Hearts Ministry
E-mail: redeemedheartsministry@yahoo.co.in
hello my name is isabelle cheridant
my house got caught on fire on dec.13,2006 in orange ,nj ,we lost everything in the fire and if anyone can please donate clothes or furniture.we need all the help we can get to help us on our feet so please help ! we are currently staying at (bakery village.
490 4th avenue apt 416
newark, nj 07107
we are a family of five ,me my aunt and my 3 cousins ,2 girls and a boy we will accept girls clothing from small to large and boys from small to medium.
please help!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you
Um, i have clothes and wanted to find out where to donate them. you guys spend the entire thread talking about jack. thanks.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I don't know who's doing this, but don't send clothes to me! I have no idea what you're talking about!!!
-ERICA WOMACK (THE REAL ONE!)
I'm from Romania and I'm student. The student life is very hard here and if u want to donate and don't know where to donate please contact me by mail on vlad_activ@yahoo.com if u want to help me and give some stuff you don't need.
Thanks