Chicagoist: Ask Chicagoist: Where Can I Donate My Used Clothing?

DROOO

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:50:50 -0600

"Donate 'em to the woman in the "Authentically Brazillian" ad. Jeez." wrong answer.

crystele

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:22:35 -0600

Bottomless Closet if you're getting rid of things that would be decent office work clothes. Also shoes: pumps, flats ('cause we all know how many shoes the average middle class American woman has). Anything that would work for a business casual or formal office environment(just not jeans & tennies). The organization supports women, mostly single mothers who have their degrees now, and are coming off of public assistance in learning how to present themselves to obtain and keep decent paying jobs.

prattfall

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:11:05 -0600

Does the Salvation Army still make checks out to the husband if a married woman works for them? At least, they're super homophobic.

mikely1

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:19:50 -0600

Donate 'em to the woman in the "Authentically Brazillian" ad. Jeez. First that crotch-tweaking kid in American Apparel, now this. Back to Firefox.

sarahmazing

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:17:24 -0600

@Rachel Bowden: they probably buy items in bulk from AMVETS and then sell them for profit.

yeppers

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:16:17 -0600

You can go to the Boys and Girls Club on Palmer, just west of Kedzie. There's a blue box out front for donations that I used for my own closet cleaning activities last week. :)

smussy

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:05:04 -0600

i'm lazy. freecycle is the way to go; the people come and pick the stuff up! and you can just say - saturday at blah. sometimes, it doesn't work out or people don't show, but for me it's worth not having to get an igo car...

mmmmarshall

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:56:20 -0600

Rachelle Bowden

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:32:31 -0600

I used to live right next to Village Thrift in Roscoe Village. Used to.. I moved last week. While moving I went through and had a ton of stuff to donate and they wouldn't take it. They said I had to donate to AMVETS. Has anyone heard of this? My friend said she sees the AMVETS trucks by Village Thrift all the time. Does this mean that people are donating to a charity, Village Thrift is getting the donated items for free and then selling them for 100% profit? Seems shady. My friend said she heard the owner of Village Thrift owns a private plane.

mss2400

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:27:55 -0600

...on Sundays, too.

RoyE

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:23:00 -0600

Salvation Army drop off at Clybourn and Ashland. Big parking lot and the drop off is open later than the actual store is.