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gochubandit



Joined: 29 Jul 2004
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:22 am    Post subject: want to donate some clothes Reply with quote

got some clothes that need getting rid of, so looking for a place to drop them off. not the nicest looking set fashionwise, but they're functional. any place u know of that'll take em? i'd prefer to donate to needy individuals, if possible.
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kangnam mafioso



Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

koreans don't like second hand stuff. you know that.
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kangnam mafioso



Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

great avatar, by the way.
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krats1976



Joined: 14 May 2003

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:44 am    Post subject: Re: want to donate some clothes Reply with quote

gochubandit wrote:
got some clothes that need getting rid of, so looking for a place to drop them off. not the nicest looking set fashionwise, but they're functional. any place u know of that'll take em? i'd prefer to donate to needy individuals, if possible.


Depending on your size, some orphanages with older kids might be interested.
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vlcupper



Joined: 12 Aug 2004
Location: Gangnam

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have clothes I want to donate, too. There's a green drop-off container near my apartment, but there's also a second-hand shop close, too. Makes me wonder. I don't want to donate my stuff if some asshole is just going to raid the drop-off just to stock his store.
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kat2



Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know that BIWA (busan international women's club) supports an orphanage, soup kitchen, and i think a women's shelter too. They would take your clothes if you are in busan.
htt p ://myhome.naver.com/biwadove/

Here is SIWA in Seoul. They do charity work as well.
http://www.siwapage.com/index1.htm
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kermo



Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you want to have them sent to earthquake victims in Kashmir (their homes have been destroyed and they're spending this winter in the mountains in tents) send me a PM and I'll put you in touch with someone who can arrange it.
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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kermo wrote:
If you want to have them sent to earthquake victims in Kashmir (their homes have been destroyed and they're spending this winter in the mountains in tents) send me a PM and I'll put you in touch with someone who can arrange it.

I'm just wondering -- is sending donations of clothing there the best thing to do? It leaves the agencies there with the task of transporting and distributing your donations. Are there not locally-available climactically and culturally appropriate clothing available if the money is there?
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kat2



Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Usually, the most effective donation you can make is money. Sending a huge box of clothes is not as worthwhile as donating $20. Transportation costs, and in the case of Pakistan, the low cost of local products makes sending clothes kind of inefficient. It makes people feel better, but money is the best thing you can send.
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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The yellow bins you can find around neighborhoods and apartment buildings are for clothing donations.
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Butterfly



Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: Kuwait

PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hater Depot wrote:
The yellow bins you can find around neighborhoods and apartment buildings are for clothing donations.


Right, who wants second hand clothes? Recycle them.
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vlcupper



Joined: 12 Aug 2004
Location: Gangnam

PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Butterfly wrote:
Hater Depot wrote:
The yellow bins you can find around neighborhoods and apartment buildings are for clothing donations.


Right, who wants second hand clothes? Recycle them.





And what, pray tell, is wrong with second hand clothes, you elitist snob?
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kermo



Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

vlcupper wrote:
Butterfly wrote:
Hater Depot wrote:
The yellow bins you can find around neighborhoods and apartment buildings are for clothing donations.


Right, who wants second hand clothes? Recycle them.





And what, pray tell, is wrong with second hand clothes, you elitist snob?


Relax-- he's joking about the yellow bins actually being recycling containers. Maybe he's right...
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