Planet Aid is at best a controversial organization with a disturbing history. While the Red Cross has taken some well deserved criticism for their bureaucracy and costs, they provide some needed services. Here is a recent article on Planet Aid
https://www.campustimes.org/2022/09/25/alleged-cult-ties-and-f-watchdog-rating-move-out-donation-bin-company-raises-questions/ On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 5:13 PM Sarah Liepert <sarahliep...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Andy. Great info from several people on Lincoln Talk. > > To your question, American Red Cross and other bins specify clothing, so > in other textiles are best donated to Bay State Textiles. > > Alice is correct that the American Red Cross doesn’t give donated clothing > directly to disaster victims. As Alice noted below, the entirety of the > donations are given to a vendor. The vendor receives money by selling the > donated textiles (to thrift stores or by weight for other uses), and the > American Red Cross receives a portion of that money, which benefits their > Disaster Relief Fund. > > Planet Aid donations are handled in a similar way. Their website says they > get clothing to people in need, which may be strictly true; but their bins > have terminology that indicates Planet Aid receives funds in the same way > as the American Red Cross—by working with a vendor, which sells usable > clothing to thrift stores, but does not give them free to people in need. > > Goodwill and Salvation Army are similar. If donated clothing is usable, > it’ll be sold through their stores and benefit their programs. Unusable > clothing is sold by weight (textile recycling) and yields money for their > programs. > > There are many groups that accept *usable* clothing and distribute them > free of charge to people in need. Those groups include St. Vincent DePaul; > Cradles to Crayons (newborn to age 12); Circle of Hope (Needham), which > distributes items free of charge to 25 area shelters and low-income > programs in Boston; and Solutions at Work Cambridge/Children’s Clothing > Exchange Cambridge/Green Street Shelter. > > All best, > Sarah Liepert > > > On Jun 26, 2023, at 12:46 PM, June L Matthews <matth...@mit.edu> wrote: > > > > I used to donate to Goodwill but now donate to St. Vincent de Paul. I > have a feeling that Goodwill has changed its mission – they used to employ > the disabled to repair clothing that they would then sell. The Goodwill > stores that I have seen have become much more “upscale” in some areas, and > I think that they only want ready-to-wear (or ready-to-use) items in good > condition. I don’t know what they do with the inferior or damaged > donations. Does anyone know? There is a big Goodwill donation truck > outside Crosby’s market in Concord. > > > > June > > > > > > *From:* Lincoln <lincoln-boun...@lincolntalk.org> *On Behalf Of *Sara > Mattes > *Sent:* Monday, June 26, 2023 12:37 PM > *To:* Alice Waugh <awaugh...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* Lincoln Talk <lincoln@lincolntalk.org> > *Subject:* Re: [LincolnTalk] Question re: clothing collection boxes > around town > > > > 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 > > > > On Jun 26, 2023, at 12:28 PM, Alice Waugh <awaugh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Andy, > > > > I think in either case the material must be dry and machine-washed clean. > The Red Cross clothing donation page > <https://www.redcross.org/local/massachusetts/ways-to-donate/clothing-donations.html> > 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: > “Where does it all go?” Part 3: Recycling beyond single-stream > <https://lincolnsquirrel.com/2022/08/where-does-it-all-go-part-3-recycling-beyond-single-stream/> > " > > > > *Alice Waugh* > > Editor, The Lincoln Squirrel <https://www.lincolnsquirrel.com> and The > Lincoln Chipmunk <http://chipmunk.lincolnsquirrel.com> > > lincolnsquirreln...@gmail.com > > 617-710-5542 (mobile) > > www.watusiwords.com > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 8:27 AM Andy Wang <andyrw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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? 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