Looking to Donate, Not Just Stock up Goodwill!

I just recently learned of this place to donate to. They provide resources/items to many of the women coming out of the local shelters. Here's their website- check it out.
http://communitywarehouse.org/

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While it is generous and thoughtful of you to want to give your old items to a charity like a woman's shelter I don't understand the issue with giving to Goodwill. I don't shop there myself and know just how blessed I am not to have to shop there because I can't afford to shop anywhere else. When I give to Goodwill I know that it is helping a lot of people on a lot of levels.

We each have our favorite charities and no one would expect everyone to choose the same charity but 'stocking up Goodwill' helps a LOT of people in your community. I'd be curious to know what it is about Goodwill that you don't want to contribute to.

Sincerely,
C.

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The women and childrens shelter on Halsey.. affiliated with Portland Rescue Mission on Burnside is a great one
###-###-#### They will give the address, not listed.

There is an onlne site, www.freecycle.com that you can join, you just register and put in your town's name, and you can give things away. You just put in the items you are wanting to give such as a bag of boy's clothing size 6-8, or craft supplies, or lawn chair or whatever. Then other freecyclers that are looking for something contact you and you can say, I'll put it on my porch for pickup between 1 and 3 pm etc. There are so many things. I was able to give away a toddler bed to someone that takes in foster children. It's a good site. C.

If you havent already, you may want to join the local freecycle. It is a free group online that you can offer your used items to those who need them for no cost. Also Share houses are always looking for donations. Perhaps the pregnancy centers also?

There is a place called Mother and Child that might be able to use your things.
Their number is ###-###-####
www.motherandchild.edu-org

There is a residential drug rehab center run by Central City Concern called "Letty Owings Center". It's for pregnant women. I had a patient who lived there during and just after her pregnancy and it seems like a good program. I'm sure they could always use women's and kids' things, particularly baby stuff.

Central City Concern has a women's residential place, you could call their main office and see if you can bring that by. It's somewhere around Sandy and 25th.
Good luck,
C.

Yes! Raphael House of Portland is a women's shelter that can always use those kinds of things! They have a wishlist of items like you mention posted on their website. (http://www.raphaelhouse.com/donate.html) And they are in SE! Please give them a call at ###-###-####. Leave a message so they can call you back. For security reasons, you cannot drop items off at their facility, but they will arrange a meeting nearby, and will be very grateful for whatever you can provide.

I live in a low income building and it has plenty of families that don't have all that they need. I would take what you have and distribute if you'd like. There are many little one's that would do well with a few new toys or clothes.

C.

Hey there! There is a great women and children's shelter called: "Shepherd's Door" in NE Portland. Here is the link to their info:
http://www.portlandrescuemission.org/women-and-children/c...

Northwest Children's Outreach is a wonderful local charity that donates clothes, books, toys, etc to local kids of all ages, so they can use adult clothes, too. It's a wonderful organization with an all volunteer staff. They have several locations.

www.northwestchildrensoutreach.org