Thank you to everyone who has donated so far! We have set a fundraising goal of $1,000. In order to reach that goal, we need to collect approximately 220 lawn-sized trash bags of clothing/textile donations (or a mix of 270 kitchen-sized bags and lawn-sized bags)! Unfortunately, we have only collected about 60 bags so far. We need another 160 – 210 bags of donations between now and May 29th in order to reach that goal!
Did you know that 26 billion pounds of clothing and textiles pile up in landfills each year? 95% of which could have been re-worn or repurposed? Or that it takes 1,800 gallons of water to make just one new pair of jeans?
By hosting a FUNDrive®, we are not only helping to keep 700 million pounds of usable items out of landfills every year, but we are raising money for the Lincoln-Eliot PTO! And because we don’t have to sell anything door to door, like wrapping paper or chocolate bars, our FUNDrive® earns our PTO money without adding waste to landfills in the future. The wins just keep coming!
Savers West Roxbury will weigh the items we’ve collected on our drop-off date, pay our PTO by the pound of donations collected, and give others the chance to love your gently used stuff.
Ready to reduce, reuse, and raise money!
Details:
Savers FUNDrive® Clothing Drive
Dates:
Donation collection NOW thru May 29th (one week before the drop-off date at Savers – scheduled for Saturday, June 5th).
Approved Items for Donation:
- Gently used clothing and footwear of all sizes (babies thru adult), including socks, bathing suits, undershirts and bras. Doesn’t have to be seasonal; they are accepting winter clothes too!
- Jewelry & accessories (belts, purses, wallets, bags, fanny packs, ties, scarves, hats, gloves, etc)
- Bed and bath items: linens, curtains, pillows, towels, tablecloths, blankets, sheets
(Items should be laundered and ready to sell.)
Items NOT accepted:
- stuffed animals
- furniture
- appliances
- books, magazines or media (CDs, DVDs, etc)
- sports equipment
Please collect in lawn-sized or kitchen-sized trash bags and contact Ronda Morra at 781-589-7226 or rbmorra@gmail.com to schedule a pick-up or inquire about a porch drop-off at her home! Thank you!