Where can you donate clothing?

[brooklynwriter]

I recently asked a bunch of Facebook friends for suggestions about where to donate used clothing -- there aren't many places that pick up in my neighborhood (for reasons I still don't quite understand), and the local second-hand thrift store closed a few years ago.

In response, I got a bunch of excellent suggestions, and I thought it might not be a bad idea to list them for anyone else who has old clothing (or other goods) and wants to donate them.

Here they are, no particular order:

• The Salvation Army
• Scouting organizations
• Local hospices and shelters for the homeless
• Local churches, synagogues and mosques
• Goodwill
• Housing Works
• Safe Horizon
• Vietnam Veterans of America
• Yelp search (type in "Donate Clothes")
• Freecycle
• Long Island Big Brothers and Big Sisters
• United Jewish Council of the East Side
• Donation Town

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