Ever wondered where to give that prom dress your daughter only used once, the running shoes your child has grown out of, or all those baby items that only got used for a couple months? Well, there’s a non-profit for that! These niche charitable organizations make sure your items get into just the hands that need them. When you decide to donate clothes not only can you feel good about someone else in need that can reuse them, you can also feel good about helping the planet - instead of throwing your items in the trash, you can prevent them from ending up in a landfill, where they can take years to fully break down, releasing harmful gases into the environment in the process.
Ruby Room
Ruby Room is dedicated to instilling confidence in children and teenagers. They offer Fashion Workshops and a Formal Wear Program uniquely designed to channel personal style as a tool for building confidence.
Taking donations for: Womenswear: Formal and cocktail dresses, formal shoes, handbags, jewelry, unused makeup and hair products, and other accessories. Menswear: Tuxedos, suits, sport coats, slacks and dress shirts in youth and smaller adult sizes. Dress shoes, ties, and accessories.
Free the Girls
Free The Girls is devoted to coming alongside sex trafficking survivors with a path to true freedom. Their goal for true freedom is measured by economic freedom, restored health, social well-being, education, and opportunity for a different, hopeful future.
Taking donations for: Both new and gently used bras of all sizes and styles, including sports bras, nursing bras, and camisoles. Go to freethegirls.org for local bra drop-off locations.
Eastside Baby Corner
Baby Corner helps children have what they need to grow, play, learn and thrive by providing essential care, safety, and health goods for children who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, or family disruption. Kids are warm, healthy, safe, and better prepared to fulfill their own potential.
Taking donations for: clothing for children, birth through age 12. Maternity clothing, baby gear, shoes, bottles, toys, diapers (new or opened packages), school supplies and books, blankets, bedding, towels, bicycles, and more.
Redeeming Soles
Redeeming Soles provides proper footwear to underprivileged men, women and children. Redeeming Soles has a focus on providing a sense of dignity through the provision of quality footwear, offering shoes and socks to anyone in need. For individuals who are experiencing homelessness, who spend a significant amount of time on their feet, having improper footwear can be debilitating and demoralizing.
Taking donations for: new and used footwear at local drop off locations that can be found around the region.