Great places to provide donations in Toronto... (vouchers, shops)

[klmrocks]

I am starting this thread asking anyone who has ideasof places to provide donations to share

I think a lot of people are aware of the bigger charities that takedonations... but I think we should not forget about the smaller grass root typeof organizations.

Also interested about hearing about places that accept donations ofclothing, food and other items that go directly to other people rather thanbeing sold to thrift shops.

Even if you can't afford to write a cheque if you have stuff you reallydon't need this could be a great resource to find out about places collectingitems to give to people that are really struggling in the city.

Please share any information or ideas....

[bostonkid123]

You can bring them to H&M and other clothing stores. They will be recycled, and garments reused to make more clothing. Yes you aren't donating to homeless people, but it's a nice and sustainable way to make sure your old clothes get reused. Also you get in-store vouchers/gift cards for every bag of clothing that you bring.

Whatever you do I wouldn't donate to Salvation Army. Pretty horrible history of discrimination against LGBTQ community and they still actively refuse to help LGBTQ people unless they "convert" to Christianity.

[klmrocks]

Originally Posted by bostonkid123

You can bring them to H&M and other clothing stores. They will be recycled, and garments reused to make more clothing. Yes you aren't donating to homeless people, but it's a nice and sustainable way to make sure your old clothes get reused. Also you get in-store vouchers/gift cards for every bag of clothing that you bring.

Whatever you do I wouldn't donate to Salvation Army. Pretty horrible history of discrimination against LGBTQ community and they still actively refuse to help LGBTQ people unless they "convert" to Christianity.

Re H&M - cool idea!

Regarding Salvation Army - wow I did not know that.
One a side note that is why as a person that is not religious I get a bit apprehencious about donating to certain religious affiliated charities because very often it seems there are strings attached to recieving their help which I am not okay with.

I did not realize that regarding the Salvation Army. If true that is very dissapointing.