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Clothing Donation Location?

Anyone know of a Clothing Donation place? I have bags upon bags of clothing that I need to get rid of. Mostly men's clothing (due to DH's weight loss).

Originally, I was going to try to recoup some of the money by selling it on ebay, but it's just going to be too much work and not worth the effort. I don't really want to do goodwill or a place like that if I can help it. Some of the clothes (some suits, and some practically new items from his 'in between' stages) are nice and practically new.

 I am thinking of one of those places that help low income folks dress for jobs, etc, etc. I'm especially thinking some of his suits would be perfect for interviews.

Do you know of a place like that anywhere in the area between Walnut Creek up to Fairfield?

Re: Clothing Donation Location?

  • Are you thinking of Dress For Success?

    Here's a link to their list of affiliates:

      http://www.dressforsuccess.org/dfs_affiliates.aspx

     it looks like SJ and SF are the closest to you.

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  • What about a consignment shop? If you don't want to deal with ebay, this might be a good option... I believe they take a portion of the proceeds but it'll save you on time.

    Otherwise, I'd recommend Dress for Success as well.

  • I think there might be a metal donation box in the Sports Basement parking lot in Walnut Creek (I've seen various metal donation stations that you just drop the clothes into around Contra Costa County). If not there, what about donating it to Thrift Town, or one of the non-profit charities that Thrift Town has as a charity partnership with?:

    http://www.thrifttown.com/donations/

    I like the idea of the Dress for success program too.

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  • I believe the food bank of contra costa/solano county accepts clothing.  I know in Sacramento the food bank is always looking for men's clothing because they just don't get that many donations of them.  People who come to the food bank also use the clothing servies - for example, my friend volunteers there and had a gentleman come in looking for work boots.  He had found a job but didn't have the money to buy the required footwear to start work.  :(  (she ended up writing his info down for the org - but then went and bought a pair at a thrift store and donated them for him - so it was a happy ending!) 
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  • I know it isn't in the area you mentioned but there is a place in Newark called Viola Blythe that takes in all kinds of donations and redistributes it back to the community for free.  I take a lot of Sara's old toys and clothes there. 

    http://www.violablythe.org/ 

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