I am like you, when I give something to the needy I want to know how it is distributed. It is such a good deed and makes you feel good.
I have sewed for Head Start for several years, making several dresses, shorts, tops, pants, hats, quilts and etc. My sister and I took a big bunch of sewed items the other day and asked to talk to someone as we were interested in knowing how our donations were being distributed. The girl on the desk hesitated then said, "we are not taking donations any longer, we quit in April." I said, we brought a big bunch of items in May, what was done with them." She told us they gave them to the teachers to distribute as they wanted. We had filled out the donation forms before that and had left our donations with her anyway. We got back in the car and at the same time we though, who are we going to sew for now. We thought of the Women's Shelter, through the YWCA. We went there and they were desperate for items, so we called back to Head Start and told them to get our donated items together and we would pick them up, that the Women's Shelter was desperate for things for the shelter. We went back and picked up our donations and took them to the YWCA and they were so appreciative. They told us that women leave in the middle of the night and have nothing but what they are wearing. We are going to continue to sew for the Women's Shelter.