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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]For clothes to go to the needy, donate directly to a shelter.[/b]  For example, this family shelter:

http://www.nccf-cares.org/family-services/greentree-shelter/[/quote]

Those clothes may or may not wind up in the hands of the needy:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/21/185596830/the-global-afterlife-of-your-donated-clothes

I am one of the affluent thrift shoppers who posted on this thread.  I am not a SAHM.  I am a lawyer with 20 years' experience and a high HHI.  I thrift because it is good for the environment; supports the local charities (which do not distribute used clothing to the poor but, rather, use the proceeds from my purchases for their programs); and saves our family money.[/quote]

I don't care where people get their clothes.  What I'm surprised at is all the upset if non-poor are buying clothing that are legitimately sold at a thrift store and are thinking of no longer donating.  WTF?[/quote]

PP you quoted and I find it strange too.  I think people think (erroneously) that the point of thrift shops is to provide clothing and household goods for the needy.  That is not at all the point.  The point is to raise money to help the needy (in various ways).

I don't know what part of this is so hard for people to understand.[/quote]

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