I have a lot of beautiful clothes from my DD. They are not all yard clothes but really nice outfits from LTD TOO, Childrens place, etc.
I really want to find a family and give these to them and not have them pay like when you go to Salvation Army.
I want these people to receive as a gift. How do I go about this? I live in MA

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You can check with your local elementary school. They usually know if there is a family that needs help.

the school nurse is a wealth of information...if you have many, you might want to divide it among several girls.

She would know how to handle the gifts discreetly

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A local church or Freecycle are also possibilities.

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Dept. of social Services?
Local police dept.?

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Go to a place where people are making low wages. Cleaning companies, food service, manufacturing, call centers to name a few. Ask the manager for the info on a family they will make it confidential but tell you things like male adult, female adult, three yr old boy, etc

Or if you know someone who works in one of those fields you can ask them they will know someone believe me.
Of you could pick a family from a neighborhood of someone you know or contact the local church.

If you have a sercicemen's base nearby there are lots of families with a parent overseas struggling to make it.

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If your freecycle is like mine it will not go to needy people it will go to the greedy ones who are looking for a hand out or looking for stuff to ebay.

I would check with your local battered womens shelter or the fire dept. They will know of families who have lost their homes to fire or had to run because of abuse and leave everything behind.

My experience with Freecycle is that it only takes a few days to figure out which people are legit and which are the type you describe.

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unfortunately, I would have to agree with this.

I also recommend checking with an elementary school.

How sweet of you to do this.

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I live in NH and grew up in MA, there are a lot of Churches that you would be able to help someone. That is so nice of you.

I know times are tough for everyone. Tho we are struggling like the next person we still try to give clothes, donate out time at shelters, help out at my kids school with a toy drive for kids who would not get anything this Christmas.

There are a lot of places that you would be able to find someone who really needs them. Also ask schools.


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Seems like more freecycles are people who are trying to get stuff for free to resale. I would go to a local church or dss

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I agree to go to your childs school. I did that one year when I had lots of extras, the teacher was very helpful.

I would NOT use Freecycle....too many resellers on there I have found.

You might want to check with your local Fire or Police Department. Every year at this time they have names of families with children for whom they supply gifts/toys. I also agree with the shelters in your area...both homeless and battered women's shelters

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Do you know any teachers?

If you find one in a school that has a lot of lower income families they can help you find a needy family that can use them.

Our DD always knew who was trying hard and still needed help. She knew who was on the welfare system and got plenty of help.
It is amazing how much children know and will tell the teacher.

She always picked a family for us to help that was trying hard but not getting any aid.

I'm a Freecycle moderator. Keep in mind that the purpose of Freecycle is not to help the needy. It's to keep useful items out of the landfill. If someone does that by collecting and reselling items, I don't care. It still keeps the stuff out of the landfill. People who use Freecycle and don't want their items resold can, as someone else pointed out, identify the resellers pretty quickly.

I'm volunteering at a domestic violence shelter next week (my first time!!). What about donating the items to a local d/v shelter? Some of these moms and kids leave with just the clothes they're wearing...

Another vote for contacting a local shelter for battered women/victims of domestic abuse.

Most of my donations go to the local sheter for battered women and they are always appreciative and put the things to good use.

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I'm going to add another vote for contacting a local shelter for victims of domestic abuse. Most of the women have children and some of them had to leave their homes with just what they were wearing. They can use all the clothing donations they can get.

No employer and/or manager in their right mind would provide that sort of confidential information! Talk about breaching a person's right to privacy....

OP--contact your local domestic violence shelter or homeless shelter. Or you can contact your local Dept. of Human Services for children that may be in foster care and could use some clothing.

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Actually around here it does happen. It is all confidential and employers quietly approach someone and ask them if their family could use some help this holiday season. When I was a single Mom working at a social service agency about 18 yrs ago it happened to me!
And I know personally of two people who are doing this. They approached local employers and asked them. The employers approached the people and they humbly accepted. So now we are collecting items for their children and food and things like linens and such for the home.

So yes you are more intelligent and knowledgeable and more well connected than I am however you do not know EVERYTHING. Some things CAN be done without harming anyone or risking any confidential info. We have lists such as 32 yr old female, 4 yr old boy who likes dinosaurs etc.

It works very well and a working family gets an extra nice Christmas. So it CAN be done and IS being done.

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Look, whether you like me or not: An employer providing that information is still a breach of confidentiality. And by doing so, the employer opens themselves up to a huge liability. In this society where "silly" lawsuits are entertained in court daily, an employer who would knowingly subject themselves to a potential lawsuit makes me question whether they are in their "right mind" or not.

And in closing, you can stop with the catty and b*tchy comments directed toward me. Everyone who has read these boards knows you don't like me--so what? Your continuing to show your A$$ just shows your character, not mine.
See my sig line....In fact, I would suggest you listen to the entire song by Pink. It would give you some insight on how I approach these boards.

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The whole point Einstein is that it IS confidential. Nobody except my friends who actually who went to the place knows what places they are and nobody except the bosses knows who the receiving family is. The rest of us only know the ages, sexes, and wishes of the recipients believe me there will be NO lawsuits.

It's not that I don't like you I don't KNOW you. I don't like the way you post acting as if you are the source for all knowledge. You might not do things the right way that's why people don't share info with you and that's why you are afraid of lawsuits.

Around here we have a little more finesse when we do things.

As far as my character goes the people who know me know my character. I say my piece and with you I have stopped trying to be diplomatic or beat around the bush.

You stated something could not be done and you often state things as if they were facts. I am simply correcting you. What you stated could not be done IS being done and in more places than where I live.

I would like for the OP to know this is an option perhaps she knows of a retail establishment, or a coal mine, or a sweatshop where someone could use a helping hand and I don't want her to cross that option off her list simply because she believed your mistaken "fact".

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My, my, my but you're just a little ray of sunshine.

While I don't have to defend myself or owe any explanation to you: I have probably been privvy to more sensitive information than you can imagine. I have yet to be sued, or even threatened to be sued. I'm aware of silly lawsuits because of my close relationship (both professionally and personally) to several attorneys.

Please don't insult my or any other poster's intelligence....I have yet to see you post to me without the post dripping in sarcasm and hatefulness. I took a 2 week sabbatical from this place thinking (hoping?) that things would be different. Things aren't different....even without me posting (some have alluded that *I* am the troublemaker) it's still the same old crap.

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Just an update. I found a Shelter that my friend volunteers at and gave them 5 Huge bags of Girls clothes and some Toys. She was thrilled and I will be sending more. Nothing better than knowing you will help make somone smile. Thanks for the great ideas.

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