Thift Store/Goodwill/Salvation Army/Eco donations

anotherdayinbkln · October 2006

are there any Thift Stores/Goodwill/Salvation Army/donations place for furniture and clothes around here? I have a lot of stuff to give away and I don't feel like a stoop-sale, and I'm not even about to deal with Beacon's closet.

OR know of any drop boxes for these places? What do you do with your extra clothes?

breuckelen · October 2006

there are clothes donation bins near your local bodegas. Make sure you bag the clothes twice. Kids like to throw trash into these bins and can ruin the clothes that you are trying to donate.

alafairnadia · October 2006

I just took a ton of stuff to the Goodwill on Fulton & Classon. There's also a Salvation Army on Flatbush and ... Bergen?
Goodwill is open on Sundays, which is how I ended up going there instead of SA.

jml · November 2006

Be aware that the large red metal bins outside bodegas are for a profit-making company. Don't think your clothes are going to charity when you drop them in there.

pitu · November 2006

jml wrote: Be aware that the large red metal bins outside bodegas are for a profit-making company. Don't think your clothes are going to charity when you drop them in there.

thanks!
I always wondered about those boxes....

leeho · November 2006

jml wrote: Be aware that the large red metal bins outside bodegas are for a profit-making company. Don't think your clothes are going to charity when you drop them in there.

Can you back that up? Which profit making company makes the profit? And does that include all the boxes near all the bodegas?

I find that if I hang stuff neatly in front of where I live, it's usually gone in a matter of hours and that is going directly to those around me.

leeho · November 2006

BTW, I just went to USAgain's website and they don't sound that bad. .12 cent shirts to Africa sounds like a decent thing. I don't know, matbe I'm naiive, but donating to NYC salvation army pretty much ensures that the clothes will stay only in the city or state, yeah?

spinningpinwheel · November 2006

www.freecycle.org - Members of the Brooklyn list (almost 7,000 people) are always looking for clothes, toys, housewares, etc. Most of them will come pick up from you, and it seems like clothes in good condition are always in demand.

stacey · November 2006

spinningpinwheel wrote: www.freecycle.org - Members of the Brooklyn list (almost 7,000 people) are always looking for clothes, toys, housewares, etc. Most of them will come pick up from you, and it seems like clothes in good condition are always in demand.

Thanks Spinningwheel thats looks like a great organization and they seem to take everything.

spinningpinwheel · November 2006

stacey wrote: Thanks Spinningwheel thats looks like a great organization and they seem to take everything.

Well Freecycle doesn't take anything itself - it's just a listserve. It's kinda like Cragslist, except via digest email and everything has to be offered for free. BUT there are a lot of people getting the listings and there's bound to be someone out there who wants your free stuff...

brooklynpotter · November 2006

spinningpinwheel wrote: [quote=stacey]Thanks Spinningwheel thats looks like a great organization and they seem to take everything.

Well Freecycle doesn't take anything itself - it's just a listserve. It's kinda like Cragslist, except via digest email and everything has to be offered for free. BUT there are a lot of people getting the listings and there's bound to be someone out there who wants your free stuff...

i do freecycle and i find it iffy, slightly more reliable than CL but still lots of flakes.

some of those collection boxes are for-profit. a lot of thrift stores are as well (and i mean big, big ones, who buy their merchandise from orgs. such as the veterans, etc. so the veterans raise $$ from your donations, and the merchandise ends up in a store. and no, i won't tell you which stores because if i did i'd give up my secret cashmere and 95 cent prada dress source.)

and i also agree about the deplorable issues withthe salvation army's higher-ups. but i can tell you that there are some thifts right next to the company offices, and i've seen workers walk people in need through the store showing them what to get for an interview, and that the clothes for them were free, etc. so some good does come from it.

pitu · January 2007

Housing Works just opened one of their thrift stores in Brooklyn Heights
wooooohooooo!
and they do pick ups for furniture donations 212 366-0820 x 2
http://www.housingworks.org/thrifts

I lurve them because they have a great bookstore on Crosby and do awesome grassroots work.

Housing Works wrote: WE WELCOME all usable and resalable items including women's and men's clothing, jewelry, accessories, shoes, housewares, books and furniture.

ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS accept donations during all business hours.

FREE & CONVENIENT PICK-UP SERVICE for all furniture donations.*

RECEIVE a tax deduction for your donation.

ALL DONATED ITEMS should be in great condition.

When you donate to Housing Works Thrift Shops, you do more than offer a new life to your used furniture, clothing or artwork. You help to raise more than $10 million annually in support of homeless men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS in New York City.

A pair of designer shoes that sells for $40 in one of our stores provides ten days worth of hot meals for a homeless HIV+ mother and her child. An armchair that raises $400 pays for two weeks of supportive housing for a client who badly needs a stable home.

bendy broad · January 2007

I had a great experience with Partnership for the Homeless's Furnish a Future program. If you have furniture, they'll come to you to pick up that plus whatever else you have to donate. They not only came at the scheduled time, but the two guys were soooooo nice. A few weeks later I received an itemized list of what I had donated for tax deduction purposes.

http://www.partnershipforthehomeless.org/
(718) 875-5353

As for Salvation Army, I avoid them. I don't agree with their politics at all.

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