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DeGroove t1_itzq2xf wrote

Donate the clothes (including bras) to a local charity. If they ask what you’re donating just say clothes. They don’t know who’s or anything else unless you volunteer the info so don’t.

I’m, personally, not a fan of donating to Goodwill. Goodwill is listed as a non-profit company but the prices they charge in their secondhand stores says otherwise. You need retail money to shop there and that’s of no service to someone in need.

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BoozySquid t1_itzumrf wrote

Goodwill's charity is intended for the good of their workers, not the good of their shoppers. There's plenty about the organization that merits criticism, but don't look to charitable thrift stores to be the cheapest. The idea is that their sales turn into job training and placement.

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kittykate1994 t1_iu1zwh2 wrote

They pay their disabled workers sub minimum wage.

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BoozySquid t1_iu211cx wrote

Yes. And they pay their executives very, very well. and some cherry pick their goods for valuables and then sell them outside the community in which they are donated in order to maximize profits. Some have been found to vastly overinflate the values of donated goods for people seeking tax writeoffs. Like I said, the organization has problems.

But the concept of Goodwill is to give disabled or challenged workers an opportunity to develop work skills that might make them suitable for other jobs, or just give them meaning in an environment where their issues won't cause them to get fired.

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kittykate1994 t1_iu2305e wrote

They could do that and still pay the going rate. Disabled people are the only people you’re even allowed to pay below minimum wage.

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BoozySquid t1_iu26scn wrote

I don't think you're grasping my point. I don't disagree with you.

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DeGroove t1_iu172tf wrote

I wasn’t aware of that and thank you for the information.

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