Clothing Donations (Not sold to VV)

[Chingyul]

I know a lot of the drop off bins for clothes donations end up getting sold by the pound to 2nd hand retailers (ie: Value Village).

Any place where I can donate clothes where they actually give it to people in need, or sell it themselves to fund other programs?

[RedHot25]

Just some ideas for you off the top of my head:

Women in Need Society (WINS) - http://www.womeninneed.net/donate-goods/

Goodwill - http://www.goodwill.ab.ca/get-involved/donate-goods/

[tete]

We've dropped off directly at the Mustard Seed, I think the Drop-In Centre takes donations as well. I don't know what they do with clothes they can't use.

[bigtmac19]

Salvation Army I believe as well

[getbak]

I gave a bunch of clothes to the Drop-In Centre. They have a drop-off location by Deerfoot and 32nd.

One thing they're always looking for is clothing that people can wear to job interviews.

[Scimitar]

I recommend Making Changes Association for women's and teen girls' attire; the program names are Walk-in Closet and My Best Friend's Closet.

http://www.makingchangesassociation....loset_program/

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Originally Posted by getbak

I gave a bunch of clothes to the Drop-In Centre. They have a drop-off location by Deerfoot and 32nd.

One thing they're always looking for is clothing that people can wear to job interviews.

This is where I take my old suits, dress shirts, ties and dress shoes for this exact reason. I recommend donating here.

[You Need a Thneed]

MCC thrift store in the NE.

[InBurkeWeTrust]

Dress for Success Calgary @ Southcentre also takes women's dress clothing and sells/donates it women in need.

https://calgary.dressforsuccess.org/

[Hack&Lube]

I usually try to donate to one of the non-profit thrift stores like Goodwill or WorldServe and not Value Village because they are a big, corrupt, for-profit company actively trying to deceive the public into thinking they are a charity through their advertising.

Hey Chingyul, remember the time we got your Atari and like 30 games from Value Village for like $20 back in 90s? What happened to that thing?

[Chingyul]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I usually try to donate to one of the non-profit thrift stores like Goodwill or WorldServe and not Value Village because they are a big, corrupt, for-profit company actively trying to deceive the public into thinking they are a charity through their advertising.

Hey Chingyul, remember the time we got your Atari and like 30 games from Value Village for like $20 back in 90s? What happened to that thing?

Was it value village? We got one at a garage sale, and I know we got the second from a store, but thought it was maybe goodwill or a cash converters.

I think they might be lurking around the basement.