| St Vincent de Paul has a box in Weston, behind St Julia’s church and near Brothers
All clothing dropped there goes fire to those in need as do proceeds from sales. Red Cross is notorious for having huge overhead and very highly paid Execs, and actually expending a small portion of revenues on actual aid. Sent from my iPhone Hi Andy,
I think in either case the material must be dry and machine-washed clean. The Red Cross clothing donation page says "items are then sold through a vendor and a portion of the proceeds benefits our Disaster Relief Fund" but doesn't specify that the clothing itself is given to disaster victims, or what condition it has to be in. I suspect though don't know for sure that the "vendor" may be some place like Bay State Textiles that repurposes material in any (dry) condition as described in this 2022 Lincoln Squirrel article under the "Textiles" subhead:
I had a question regarding the various clothing collection boxes around town. I was under the impression that the ones that are from baystatetextiles (schools and transfer station) will take clean old clothing (e.g stuff with holes, tears, stains) for textile recycling. The other ones from Red Cross (transfer station and Stacy’s gas station) is looking for clean and usable clothing for distribution/sale. Is that correct? Thanks.
Andy
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