With only three weeks left until summer, the real house cleaning is getting started. After a few mornings in the basement sorting through boxes of old photographs and quilting fabric, it is time to move to the bedrooms. Your oldest daughter has just finished her second year in college and is not coming home for the summer, and your younger daughter has outgrown her smaller bedroom. With one box ready designated as veterans clothing donations and another box that will go to recycling or trash, you are determined to help your younger daughter go through all of the things in her closet and help her move into the larger bedroom. With any luck, by the time the last week of school arrives, you will have all of the cleaning and sorting out of the way and will be ready to enjoy the summer.
Are You Ready to Make Some Veterans Clothing Donations?
Charity foundations depend on the generosity of others. From making veterans clothing donations to finding a place to reuse your old kitchen cupboards, many organizations can help you find a second life for the items that are just taking up space in your cupboards, closets, and drawers. And while you are making your house more efficient and easier to maintain you are also helping families in need.
- Many donated products are given new life in developing nations. In these locations where individuals have very little, these reused items are purchased for pennies of their original price, but provide comfort to those who make the purchases. Internationally, as many as 14.3 million tons of donated American textiles help clothe people and families around the world.
- Almost 100% of clothing and household textiles can be recycled, regardless of condition or quality.
- Kids clothing, including winter coats and all kinds of shoes can have several lives. Just because your child has outgrown something does not mean that item cannot be of a real use to someone else.
- In the year 2006, 2.5 billion pounds of fabric were kept from the landfills by offering used clothing for sale.
- Nearly every single week, GreenDrop, a recycling company, prevents as much as 100 tons of used clothes, household goods, and electronics from being thrown into landfills.
- GreenDrop, in fact, now has 30 free-standing locations and mobile trailers that collect an average of 100 tons of donations every single week. This one organization, in fact, raised $2.5 million for participating charities in the year 2014.
- About 43% of those surveyed indicated that they gave more during the holidays than the rest of the year; nearly the same number of people, 44% reported giving ?about the same.? Obviously, the need is constant and those who depend on the generosity of others hope that people will consistently give.
- Donated by Americans each year, the 4.7 billion pounds of clothing help those less fortunate.
- If you live in a location that only has one or two seasons, it is fairly easy to clean out a closet. For instance, if you realize that if you have not worn an item in six months, it is time to let that item go.
- Finding a place where you can donate your items is one way to motivate yourself to clean out the parts of your house that have been gathering and collecting dust. Knowing, for instance, that veterans clothing donations can help a family make ends meet can provide the motivation you need to get to work.
- Far from ideal, Americans only donate or recycle only 15% of their used clothing.
- Estimates indicate that 10.5 million tons of clothing ends up in landfills every year.
- Realizing that donations are also tax deductible can also motivate some people.
- Every average American buys at least twice as many pieces of clothing as the average American 20 years ago.
- Nothing should go into the trash unless you are certain that item cannot be used by someone else or that it cannot be recycled.
- Charitable donations that are worth more than $250, including donations of household items and clothing, will require a receipt to use it as a tax write off.
- Every time you find yourself searching for something in a crowded closet should serve as a reminder to donate the items you do not use or wear.
