https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 17:56:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold/page/2#post-1383634 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:12:14 +0000 Lynne 1383634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've noticed a few of the things I've donated appearing in my local consignment store; I asked the owner and she said the charity store sends better stuff there and gets the revenue earned.&nbsp; I don't have a problem with it as my donated things are usually mistakes that I am glad to lose, and the charity store that I drop things too specifically supports women who need shelter.&nbsp; I do feel&nbsp;that once the item is donated I've let it go and&nbsp;don't need to know where it went to, as long as the charity benefited.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold/page/2#post-1383632 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 11:54:54 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1383632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In my years of shopping Goodwill, I have to say I've seen a handful of shoppers who are reselling... Of course it happens, but the majority are buying for themselves and we all delight in talking about our wonderful finds. &nbsp;I love the special needs employees who work there and who light up the place! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold/page/2#post-1383550 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 03:15:29 +0000 barbaraq 1383550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A couple of months ago I discovered a homeless women's shelter right down my street in the Lutheran church. &nbsp;Ever since, that is where my culled clothing goes. &nbsp;I always have a "there-but-for-the-Grace of God-go-I" feeling thinking about the women there. &nbsp;I find I am much more generous about my give-aways knowing &nbsp;who will wear it. &nbsp;There is a woman there who greets me with delight because she knows we both wear size 10 shoes.</p> <p>On the other hand, no one haunts my local Goodwill for finds &nbsp;more than I do. &nbsp;My currrent favorite Fall booties are some Munros that I found for&nbsp;<div>$9.00.</p> <p>Both ends against the middle maybe?</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold/page/2#post-1383508 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:48:52 +0000 annabelle 1383508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was deciding between selling and donating.This thread made my day, reading how many people are thinking "big picture" and responsibly, with pleasure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold/page/2#post-1298181 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:38:50 +0000 Gigi 1298181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Mander,&nbsp;</b>you're right that as long as the charity receives the money from the clothes—even if they are resold—good is being done.</p> <p><b>Jules,&nbsp;</b>you were able to say what I couldn't find words for: donating clothing to me is not so much a moral high road as it is a way to first help myself but also possibly&nbsp;help someone else in the process. I'll be honest that my first thought is about myself; if the clothing still has use left in it, so much the better. But it's not mainly about philanthropy. And you're exactly right that if a person offers someone money on the spot for something, the original owner can still be free to refuse and take the item to the thrift store anyway, or the owner can take the resulting money and donate it themselves. It's good that different choices are available. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold/page/2#post-1297606 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:13:11 +0000 Jules 1297606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have a problem with local resellers for many reasons already mentioned. I&nbsp;do have an issue with the effects on&nbsp;developing nations. But I never saw donating clothes as a &nbsp;"gift"&nbsp;so much as a convenient way for me to get rid of stuff that might have further use in it. In my honest opinion, there's no moral high road in donating stuff I don't even want any more and don't have time to sell.&nbsp;It is not a justification for purchasing more. And once I knew about the developing nations issue donation was no longer even "guilt-free".</p> <p>One small suggestion - I belong to a local neighbourhood facebook group and people use it very succesfuly&nbsp;to virtually curbcycle stuff. For example,&nbsp;I've acquired a deep fryer and recently found a home for an orchid I know I won't tend back to blooming stage.&nbsp;There are also websites dedicated to this purpose.&nbsp;It probably works best for kids' stuff though. This way you know where the stuff is going (although I have heard of it being "redonated" and could surely be resold as well - still doesn't bother me, but I've seen people getting upset about it).</p> <p>If I saw someone heading to donate a nice piece of furniture or I suppose even clothing, I would totally offer them money. I suppose a "nicer" way to put it is, "I'll make a donation to the church to pay for it", but I'd assume the donator could decide to do that with the money. I wouldn't be trying to steal the donation from the charity, just recognizing the value of the piece and cutting out the middle man. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold/page/2#post-1297591 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:48:00 +0000 Mander 1297591@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really don't have a problem with resellers buying things from thrift stores.&nbsp; At least in the UK, all of the thrift stores that I know of are charity shops of one kind or another, so the charity gets the money from the sale regardless of who buys it. I am happy to pay a bit of a markup for secondhand clothes on eBay or what have you if it means that I find exactly the size I want, rather than rummaging through all the thrift stores and not finding anything that I can wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold/page/2#post-1296194 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:57:46 +0000 Gigi 1296194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for sharing your experiences. I agree with&nbsp;<b>CocoLion&nbsp;</b>that it is good that there are so many options for clothing that is no longer useful to its owner.</p> <p><b>Makrame,&nbsp;</b>thank you for sharing your story about how resold clothing helped you. I agree that it is hard to see the flip side, which is lost jobs. It is difficult when economies change.</p> <p><b>Rabbit,&nbsp;</b>your examples show&nbsp;the "dark" side of donating, if you want to call it that. Sometimes we really don't want to help those in need but want to help ourselves. I remember one time a family in our parish had a fire and lost everything.&nbsp;The pastor of the church said that anyone who wished to donate to help the family could do that by putting money in the collection basket earmarked for the family. Well, apparently the family was inundated with offers of old refrigerators and old cars and the like. It was so bad that the pastor had to put a note in the bulletin saying not to offer this stuff but only to offer financial donations.</p> <p>It also reminds me of a nonprofit where I used to work. We sent humanitarian goods to Russia on a periodic basis (not for natural disasters). The woman who ran the nonprofit started telling people to include $5 with each bag of donated clothing to cover shipping costs (it is very expensive to ship overseas). Of course, some people were incensed.</p> <p><b>Anna,&nbsp;</b>you are quite right that my clothing size is not going to be helpful to most people, no matter what I do with my used clothing—even if it's in pristine condition.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold/page/2#post-1296109 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 21:33:22 +0000 Suz 1296109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The images say it all, don't they, <b>rabbit.</b> Wow.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1296101 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 21:27:10 +0000 Anonymous 1296101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a little off-topic, but after my mom passed away I donated lots of her stuff to a local church's thrift shop. &nbsp;I remember one time carrying in a footstool, and a woman stopped me before I got in the door&nbsp;and tried to buy if off me directly. &nbsp;I felt like I was in a Dickens novel! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1296074 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 20:26:32 +0000 rabbit 1296074@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is a little tangential, since it's specifically about sending clothes and other items&nbsp;for disaster relief in the US and overseas, but it was eye-opening for me how much of a problem it causes so I thought I'd share:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.npr.org/2013/01/09/168946170/thanks-but-no-thanks-when-post-disaster-donations-overwhelm">http://www.npr.org/2013/01/09/.....-overwhelm</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2013/11/how_to_help_typhoon_haiyan_survivors_in_the_philippines_the_only_donation.html">http://www.slate.com/articles/.....yan_surviv</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.npr.org/2012/11/16/165211607/want-to-help-sandy-victims-send-cash-not-clothes">http://www.npr.org/2012/11/16/.....ot-clothes</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://money.howstuffworks.com/10-worst-things-donate-after-disaster.htm#page=0">http://money.howstuffworks.com.....htm#page=0</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1296063 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 19:58:15 +0000 CocoLion 1296063@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gigi -- thank you for starting this interesting conversation! &nbsp;This is what I love about YLF, the intelligent discussion of topics associated with an industry normally seen as "shallow."</p> <p>I think it's great that there is such a variety of options regarding a second life for clothing. &nbsp;If you don't like the idea of your clothing being re-sold, it's great that there are organizations which give directly.</p> <p>But I see nothing wrong with those who re-sell things acquired from thrift shops. &nbsp;I had a friend who did this, she was a mostly&nbsp;unemployed actress and indeed, low income. &nbsp;Instead of getting welfare checks, she used her knowledge of fashion to make a living. &nbsp;Similarly, perhaps a SAHM is re-selling and it gives her self-esteem to have a commercial activity. &nbsp;And helps her pay bills, or save for her children's education, or gives her a clothing allowance. &nbsp;Maybe re-selling is keeping someone in the middle class rather than slipping lower.</p> <p>Another thought -- if it bothers someone that another is profiting from selling their clothing, beyond the thrift shop's take, one could try re-selling it oneself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295999 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 17:05:41 +0000 rabbit 1295999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting and thoughtful points <b>Makrame.</b> &nbsp;</p> <p>As people have noted buying clothes second hand&nbsp;obviously cuts across all income brackets based on people's interests and values as much as their means. &nbsp; My disposable income has varied widely, but my interest in thrifting hasn't &nbsp;I also find it odd that someone would cut out labels, because at Goodwill designer items are often marked up and therefore bring in more money to the charity.&nbsp;</p> <p>There are organizations like freecycle which I participate in&nbsp;and clothing swaps also where clothes and other items are exchanged sans cash with a no reselling requirement; but again&nbsp;the participants are very diverse and united by a desire to keep usable items out of landfills, and every giver is also a receiver.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295938 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 14:31:33 +0000 Makrame 1295938@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am always interested in reading these topics since there is so much useful information and varied opinions. </p> <p>I remember buying clothes from a second-hand clothing store when I was a student in Russia - it was a store that sold clothes from the US, I am pretty sure it was a for profit venture. I was delighted to find clothes that I liked and could afford. At the time, we were just coming out of a long period of "deficits" - the time when it was hard to find anything good in stores because government-owned enterprises were not very successful at making nice clothes - and moving to the free market economy where not everyone could afford to buy nice things sold at market prices. I bought a few things (I remember flannel-lined jeans and an insulated jacket) and ended up bringing them with me when I started graduate school in the US. Overall, they probably got 5 or 6 years of heavy wear after I bought them, and I was certainly delighted to have found them. I really find it difficult to see how reselling things is problematic, if it fulfills a need and provides some money to charity (the effects on local manufacturing, of course, are the one case where it might be a problem).</p> <p>As someone who grew up in a poorer country, I am also not quite sure how I should feel about the cycle of buying and purging - after all, it does provide jobs to those who make the clothes. Assuming that the labor laws and protections are decent (and I know that's not always the case), should we worry more about preserving the resources that go into making clothes OR about people having jobs? I honestly am not sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295937 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 14:30:15 +0000 annagybe 1295937@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know. Some of the comments smack of classism and not in the spirit of giving. "I will give you item X, but you must only use it in this way. Because I know better for you."<br /> Plus Gigi, haven't you admitted you are a very tiny size, how many people out there can truly wear your clothes.<br /> I remember when I had to thrift and resale store shop and I found a label I knew in good shape and was thrilled. Which is why, neonginger, your friend cutting out the labels is very mean spirited.<br /> ETA, it's clothes, not a philanthropic foundation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295915 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:53:55 +0000 neonginger 1295915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lynne, We have a charity called ARC that picks up items for donations at the curb.&nbsp;My neighbor had noticed that her items were lifted when the ARC workers rang her doorbell after they couldn't find her packages at the curb. </p> <p>I also have friend of mine&nbsp;marks through the tags on her extra nice items&nbsp;with a marker or cuts the brand label off entirely&nbsp;before she donates to Goodwill to help deter the resellers. I think that this is actually quite a good idea.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295839 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 08:55:45 +0000 Jaime 1295839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I buy and sell thrift store stuff all the time. I know with certainly the purpose of the thrift stores I frequent is to raise money for their charities - mostly feeding the poor in various ways. They are delighted to sell to boutique owners and other bulk buyers (which I am not) because they have lots more clothes than they could ever sell otherwise. When occasionally a needy person comes in looking for clothes they are given things for free. There are different organizations that are focused on making available wedding dresses or other specific types of clothing very cheaply for those that can't afford them, but the typical thrift shop works on a money raising model. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295825 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 06:08:25 +0000 Gigi 1295825@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lynne, I am horrified! How awful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295807 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 04:38:58 +0000 lynne 1295807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I donate I make sure to take my items directly to Goodwill or the church clothing bank, or where ever they are going. I have a friend who left a bag of clothes outside her house for a pickup and when she came home from work passed by a parking lot where she spotted some of her clothing being sold from the trunk of a car. Apparently the thieves knew the charity's pick up schedule and would cruise the neighborhood looking for bags ahead of the truck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295804 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 04:35:58 +0000 Gigi 1295804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great idea about donating to hospitals, Elle and Lyn!</p> <p>Gaylene, please don't be so hard on yourself. We have only limited control over what happens once we donate our clothing. I like your story about taking the woman shopping—what a great way to restore control! If you are so conflicted about buying and purging, maybe sell your purged items on consignment and then donate the money to a women's shelter?</p> <p>I see from the comments that the advantage of donating to thrift stores is that generally, almost all&nbsp;of your clothing, if it's in good condition, will see some kind of secondary use—even if it's just through being resold (here, as others pointed out, the money from the sale helps the thrift store itself). But donating to a shelter of some sort, or any place where the clothes go directly to the end user, might result in waste if you are donating items that are not appropriate to the situation or to the clientele. I hadn't thought about those places not being able to unload the clothing and having to possibly toss it, even if the items are in good condition.</p> <p>If a lot of my consigned clothing doesn't sell, I should probably call the&nbsp;food shelf clothing closet to find out if they even&nbsp;think they have the clientele for my items. My items weren't high end by any means, but they were good quality (J. Jill, Eddie Bauer, Gap). But I wear an unusual size, so maybe that won't be very helpful to the clientele. I hadn't thought of that before. Thank you!</p> <p>Interesting discussion! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295659 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:19:27 +0000 Elle 1295659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another idea -&nbsp; our county hospital ER takes clothing donations.&nbsp; They often have to cut clothing off people who are homeless or have few clothes.&nbsp; Practical items (jeans, tees, socks) are best. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295642 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 22:32:02 +0000 Gaylene 1295642@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You make a good point, Laura, about cash donations often being more useful. I know that much of the donated women's wear at our local woman's shelter was just bundled up and taken to Goodwill, or, even worse, put in the disposal bins.&nbsp; Woman's clothing and footwear was especially tricky because so many of the styles and sizes were just not useful or appropriate. Being picky about, or refusing, clothing donations was difficult so it was easier to just accept the items and then dispose of them later. Cash donations, on the other hand, were great because they let us take a woman to a store to do her own shopping for herself and her kids which helped restore her feelings of normalcy and control.</p> <p>As someone who is lucky enough to have enough disposable income be able to buy and purge my clothing on whim, I still feel conflicted about my own behavior. If another woman is overjoyed to find my purged sweater in a thrift shop, that image makes me feel better about my own behavior. But I can't help but shake the feeling that I'm putting on blinders when I'm assuming that image is the reality of the bulk of my clothes that are "donated".</p> <p>My grandmother owned three dresses--one for good, two for everyday, two pairs of shoes--one for church and one for everyday, a winter coat, a couple of sweaters, and an apron. She mended and wore her clothes until they were truly worn out and then she turned them into household rags and handwoven rugs. As a child, I loved seeing the fabric from a dress I'd worn in one of her rugs. I think my grandmother would be appalled by my attitude towards purging wearable clothing from my closet and assuming that sending things off for "donation" was somehow a service to others. And, for some reason, that makes me sad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295636 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 22:14:25 +0000 lyn* 1295636@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the double-edged sword part is true; often our patients do not have appropriate clothing for the seasons. One of the hospitals I work at takes donations from staff and they have a reservoir of clothes that patients can freely take from if they are in need (monitored by the social worker and some of the nurses, I think). The other hospital says they don't because most of the donations are the wrong sizes and mostly women's clothes: what they needed was footwear, and men's outerwear. I guess if agencies were able to sell what we donated to other people (including resellers) they can specifically purchase what was needed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295628 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 21:50:32 +0000 JAileen 1295628@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I'm working in the thrift store and I see people buying things with the intent of selling, I'm kind of sad that we priced the items too low. But usually the reason is we have too much of that type of item. For example they'll put glassware at half price when the shelves are full and we need to unload it. But other times an inexperienced person will price things incorrectly, sometimes too low but other times too high. People complain when something is priced too high, but never when it's too low! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295625 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 21:38:24 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1295625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On the flip side, places that deal with 'end users', like shelters and halfway houses, etc., are the groups that often have the least space to store things until they're needed, or to be able to keep different sizes or items until they're used. Some cash so that they can buy exactly what someone needs might be more useful. </p> <p>I know that our local food banks would much rather have monetary donations than donations of food, because they can use the cash to buy what they need when they need it and in bulk to save money. They take food donations too but I suspect it's as much for reasons of public relations and to avoid waste rather than any kind of preference. </p> <p>Gigi, I think it's great that you've found this local group that needs good condition items. The church I attended when growing up had a 'closet' of clothing available for a very low cost to anyone who needed it, and I used to help my mom with sorting. Some of that stuff was in astonishingly bad shape and probably should have gone straight into the trash/compost. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295613 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 21:11:14 +0000 Gigi 1295613@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, it just occurred to me that a battered women's shelter would also be a great place to donate clothes directly to the end user. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295609 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 21:06:10 +0000 Gigi 1295609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lots of good input in all the comments!</p> <p>It is kind of a two-edged sword with the donating. As many of you have pointed out, the stores themselves do funnel a lot of that money back into the community, either through training and job placement programs or through donating to other charities. And those stores do do a lot of good. And I certainly think that the amount of good that they do outweighs the bad that comes from people who might be taking advantage of the situation. I hope that my post wasn't interpreted as implying that those stores aren't good places to donate; quite the contrary. I myself have donated a lot to Goodwill and Savers in the past.&nbsp;</p> <p>I felt really bad when I saw how dilapidated the clothing was at the clothing closet. I mean, just because you're poor doesn't mean that you don't have dignity and should have to wear someone else's stained and ripped&nbsp;clothing. A lot of the clothing there wasn't even really good enough to sell at Goodwill; it was just too worn. </p> <p>I just wanted to offer another option for those whose main concern in donating clothing is that it get to lower-income people who need it. I don't think people often think of food shelf&nbsp;clothes closets when it comes to donating. They could really use some clothes in decent condition. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295598 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 20:36:22 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1295598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is a complicated issue. We've got Savers in our area, which is officially a for profit company, but partners with nonprofits and donates a lot to them via its stores. And I think they do a much better job managing the store end of things, and of pricing items reasonably as compared to some of the volunteer run shops which just have an inflated sense of what items are really worth. </p> <p>Some of what might be happening with resellers who buy at thrift stores and then sell on ebay etc. is either a very distinct curatorial approach (specializing in 70s vintage or only cashmere cardigans or whatever) or someone who lives in a lower cost of living area being able to make a decent wage by selling to people who live in a higher cost of living area who are willing to pay someone to cherry pick the options for them. I don't necessarily think there's anything wrong with that. </p> <p>All the reports I've seen say that there is no shortage of items - no one's in danger of not being able to get clothes in the US as long as they have a bit of a budget and some time (both tricky at times). That's why so many clothes gets sold to Africa or baled up and turned into insulation and what have you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295592 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 20:23:02 +0000 JAileen 1295592@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd like to add that in addition to volunteering at a thrift shop I also enjoy shopping there and other thrift shops in town including Goodwill. I have never sold any of the things I've bought, only redonated them. And I do exclaim excitedly when I find something fabulous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/donating-clothes-so-they-wont-be-resold#post-1295586 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 20:08:31 +0000 rabbit 1295586@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear you <b>Gaylene </b>on the selling or donating of clothing overseas. &nbsp;That's something that I try to&nbsp;avoid when I can&nbsp;if it seems like a significant revenue&nbsp;channel of the charity (and was my beef with Tom's shoes personally, unless they changed their model). &nbsp;There is a lot I've read&nbsp;about how problematic that can be in disaster relief situations as well. </p>