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Old 08-13-2016, 10:08 AM
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KalamaQuilts
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Originally Posted by ptquilts View Post
VERY interesting article about what happens to donated clothes.

http://fashionista.com/2016/01/clothing-donation

Best thing you can do? Don't buy so much new clothing.
my feelings exactally. Remember the Katrina donations that weren't channeled through Red Cross etc? Piles sitting in the rain from bathtub size to dump truck size.
I don't donate clothes, I wear them out. I can do that easily because I also hate shopping. Clothes are only new for one wearing, then they are like everything else in the closet. But then I don't buy fabric either

The volunteer charity shops are wonderful...but how many people can afford to spend their days volunteering? If you have a family to feed?

Interesting thread!
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