I used to donate to Goodwill but now donate to St. Vincent de Paul. I have a feeling that Goodwill has changed its mission – they used to employ the disabled to repair clothing that they would then sell. The Goodwill stores that I have seen have become much more “upscale” in some areas, and I think that they only want ready-to-wear (or ready-to-use) items in good condition. I don’t know what they do with the inferior or damaged donations. Does anyone know? There is a big Goodwill donation truck outside Crosby’s market in Concord.
June From: Lincoln <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Sara Mattes Sent: Monday, June 26, 2023 12:37 PM To: Alice Waugh <[email protected]> Cc: Lincoln Talk <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Question re: clothing collection boxes around town St Vincent de Paul has a box in Weston, behind St Julia’s church and near Brothers All clothing dropped there goes fire to those in need as do proceeds from sales. Red Cross is notorious for having huge overhead and very highly paid Execs, and actually expending a small portion of revenues on actual aid. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2023, at 12:28 PM, Alice Waugh <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Andy, I think in either case the material must be dry and machine-washed clean. The Red Cross clothing donation page<https://www.redcross.org/local/massachusetts/ways-to-donate/clothing-donations.html> says "items are then sold through a vendor and a portion of the proceeds benefits our Disaster Relief Fund" but doesn't specify that the clothing itself is given to disaster victims, or what condition it has to be in. I suspect though don't know for sure that the "vendor" may be some place like Bay State Textiles that repurposes material in any (dry) condition as described in this 2022 Lincoln Squirrel article under the "Textiles" subhead: “Where does it all go?” Part 3: Recycling beyond single-stream<https://lincolnsquirrel.com/2022/08/where-does-it-all-go-part-3-recycling-beyond-single-stream/>" Alice Waugh Editor, The Lincoln Squirrel<https://www.lincolnsquirrel.com> and The Lincoln Chipmunk<http://chipmunk.lincolnsquirrel.com> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 617-710-5542 (mobile) www.watusiwords.com<https://www.watusiwords.com/> On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 8:27 AM Andy Wang <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I had a question regarding the various clothing collection boxes around town. I was under the impression that the ones that are from baystatetextiles (schools and transfer station) will take clean old clothing (e.g stuff with holes, tears, stains) for textile recycling. The other ones from Red Cross (transfer station and Stacy’s gas station) is looking for clean and usable clothing for distribution/sale. Is that correct? Thanks. Andy -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
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