Summer is near! That means now is the perfect time to evaluate your clothes closet. But not to remove out-of-season winter clothes. That’s a whole other topic. Now is the time to take those spring and summer clothes that are just using space in your closet to charity.
This is the time people in need (or people not in need who just like to shop at thrift stores) are looking for cool-wear clothing. So if you’re thinking of donating that wool coat you might want to hold off until winter. Thrift stores and donation drop-off points don’t always have room to store or display everything that’s donated to them. So they won’t be displaying a lot of your winter wear during the hot weather season. Hang onto your winter clothes donations until winter. That way they have a chance of going to someone that needs them and not ending up in the local landfill due to a lack of space in the warehouse or storefront.
Just last weekend I hauled a pile of clothes off to the local Goodwill. A bit of irony though is that I didn’t make more room for my wardrobe in my bedroom closet. That was because these were mostly hanging in my home office closet. The closet rod in my bedroom closet is full of stuff I wear now. That’s my primary wardrobe space. I had put these mostly short-sleeved blazers that I don’t wear anymore due to a change in profession in my office closet. But the good news is I’ll have more room in there for my files and office-related items now.
When evaluating your clothes closet, consider donating… (more…)
This is a good time of year to donate to charities such as Goodwill Industries and local homeless shelters. Some of your fall and winter items will move now and be more in demand. During the summer the charities may not have as much room to store these items just to hold until winter. So that’s why it works better to give them your winter items during fall/winter and summer items during spring/summer.