How to Donate Women's Clothing
Donating women's clothing is an easy way to give back to the community and help families in need, all while downsizing your own wardrobe. There are several places to donate women's clothing like local women's shelters, the Red Cross, local thrift stores and through annual charitable drives.
Things You'll Need to Donate Women's Clothing:
- Storage bins or boxes
- Laundry detergent and fabric softener
- Sewing machine or needle and thread
- List of donation locations
- Go through your clothing. Sort through all your clothing in both your closets and drawers to identify what items you would like to donate. As you find items, set them aside in a designated area or in a laundry basket.
- Look over items to be donated. If any clothing items are in good condition but just need to be mended, set them aside in a pile. For all other items, set them in the laundry room to be washed and dried before donating.
- Mend salvageable items. Any items that have small seam holes or need seams restitched, fix them accordingly with a sewing machine or needle and thread. Then, move these items to the laundry room to be washed and dried.
- Launder all clothing items. You never want to donate dirty items, so be sure to wash and dry all clothing before giving it away. Once this is finished, fold them neatly, and pack the clothing items into boxes or storage bins.
- Transport items to be donated. After finding local donation locations, transport the items to the donation drop-off site, and obtain a receipt from the on-duty employee. Receipts can be used when reporting your donations on your annual tax return.