Interesting issue: I've served on the boards of two organizations that have "clothing closets" for low income people.Originally Posted by Tuckervill
They can NEVER get adequate men's clothes since men tend to wear things until they fall apart.
Every now and then, if you're at Wal-mart or Old Navy and see that rack with things that are too cheap to pass up (the $5 shirts, or $8 pants). Buy them and give them for the needy.
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02-23-2008, 05:10 AM #1
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02-23-2008, 07:05 AM #2
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Good Idea, Mr. Silver
Mr. Silver, that's a really good idea.
It fits in with a recent experience I had. A friend's daughter is an ER nurse in a city teaching hospital. She told me that often they have to cut the clothing off a homeless person, ruining the clothing. Then they dismiss them in scrubs, which they feel is inadequate but all they have. She wondered if I could put together a few complete "outfits" - (pants, shirt, unders, sox) in ziplock bag kits for them to keep on hand to use.
I couldn't find much in my DH's closet that I thought was good enough because of the very reason you said.
I'm going to find some things on sales racks for her. THANKS MUCH for the compassionate idea
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