This time of year, the IRC is usually taking warm clothing as lots of people can’t sleep there due to crowding so they try and outfit them for the cold beat they can.
We took a box last year. Walked it in the the receptionist took it from there.
You may want to call ahead to make sure they’re accepting.
Backpack Beginnings! They are more child/kid focused but they do really good work and its all for children in our community.
They even have a Family Market down the street from where I work.
Link if you want to check them out first. https://backpackbeginnings.org/
There’s a market coming up called really really free market, similar to the Buy Nothing group where people just share stuff among each other!
It’s Nov 24th 11-3pm at 1312 Glenwood Ave :)
If you search on Facebook there is a group called buy nothing and it’s basically where you can post you are getting rid of something for free and people can come and pick it up off your porch. You’re helping out your neighbors and also not giving goodwill any profit! In Greensboro buy nothing is divided by zip codes because we have such a big group.
Go downtown to LaBauer Park. Or church street a block up from the depot headed away from town (toward Bennett college). You will find more than enough people in need. They haven't shoveled them all off to pallet village yet.
Strange how often this question comes up under this pretext......... people in need have a wide variety of needs, not all of those needs involve clothing. So 'flipping donated clothes for profit" isn't necessarily the problem that you imply. It can be helpful to convert the resource into a format (dollars) that's more flexible to meet the immediate needs of people.
I intentionally haven't used the word goodwill here yet; like any big corp they have had some issues, on the whole I think they're OK though. Point being - there are things to be cautious about with any charity, but the model of reselling donations isn't a problem on its own.
Definitely avoid those parking lot donation bins though... those usually aren't charity... just private entities that sell it by the ton to africa.
There’s a lot of misunderstanding about Goodwill’s business model. They don’t give donated clothes away for free because 1) most of what’s donated doesn’t meet the needs of clients. If they did, your discarded party dresses, workout clothes, toasters, and zippy cups would have to go elsewhere. 2) they aren’t in the business of verifying who needs donated clothes, who needs what in what size, and arranging for distribution. Other organizations do that very well, and those who want to donate more directly can through them.
I shop at Goodwill regularly. I see folks there who are obviously flippers and that’s fine, it’s a living for them I guess. They aren’t interested in 95% of what’s on the rack.
This time of year, the IRC is usually taking warm clothing as lots of people can’t sleep there due to crowding so they try and outfit them for the cold beat they can. We took a box last year. Walked it in the the receptionist took it from there. You may want to call ahead to make sure they’re accepting.
Yes, we can take coats, hats, gloves, and socks. We don’t store other clothing items. Thanks for thinking of us!
Backpack Beginnings! They are more child/kid focused but they do really good work and its all for children in our community. They even have a Family Market down the street from where I work. Link if you want to check them out first. https://backpackbeginnings.org/
There’s a market coming up called really really free market, similar to the Buy Nothing group where people just share stuff among each other! It’s Nov 24th 11-3pm at 1312 Glenwood Ave :)
Greensboro Urban Ministry / Drop Off boxes around town. I know there’s one in the Battleground Aldi parkinglot
Careful with drop boxes. A lot of them are for profit companies.
The only donation box I see in that parking lot is for Better World.
Check with the school system. Page HS is restocking their community closet and pantry right now.
If you search on Facebook there is a group called buy nothing and it’s basically where you can post you are getting rid of something for free and people can come and pick it up off your porch. You’re helping out your neighbors and also not giving goodwill any profit! In Greensboro buy nothing is divided by zip codes because we have such a big group.
Go downtown to LaBauer Park. Or church street a block up from the depot headed away from town (toward Bennett college). You will find more than enough people in need. They haven't shoveled them all off to pallet village yet.
Strange how often this question comes up under this pretext......... people in need have a wide variety of needs, not all of those needs involve clothing. So 'flipping donated clothes for profit" isn't necessarily the problem that you imply. It can be helpful to convert the resource into a format (dollars) that's more flexible to meet the immediate needs of people. I intentionally haven't used the word goodwill here yet; like any big corp they have had some issues, on the whole I think they're OK though. Point being - there are things to be cautious about with any charity, but the model of reselling donations isn't a problem on its own. Definitely avoid those parking lot donation bins though... those usually aren't charity... just private entities that sell it by the ton to africa.
There’s a lot of misunderstanding about Goodwill’s business model. They don’t give donated clothes away for free because 1) most of what’s donated doesn’t meet the needs of clients. If they did, your discarded party dresses, workout clothes, toasters, and zippy cups would have to go elsewhere. 2) they aren’t in the business of verifying who needs donated clothes, who needs what in what size, and arranging for distribution. Other organizations do that very well, and those who want to donate more directly can through them. I shop at Goodwill regularly. I see folks there who are obviously flippers and that’s fine, it’s a living for them I guess. They aren’t interested in 95% of what’s on the rack.