How to Donate a Lightly‐Used Adult Blanket Sleeper

Wash, dry and fold the adult blanket sleeper., Place them gently into either a plastic shopping or brown paper bag ., Visit some of the nearest thrift shops that sell clothing in your area., Open your reselling search up to trying some major federal...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: dry and fold the adult blanket sleeper.

    By folding it, you make it look more enticing to more businesses who you will be sending the item to.
  2. Step 2: Place them gently into either a plastic shopping or brown paper bag .

    Something that's pliable yet sturdy enough to hold clothing in for a short time will do just well. , Talk to someone there.

    They might want to take it off your hands and re-sell it to someone else that would be more than happy to re-use it.

    If no local thrift shops take it, consider the Salvation Army, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and almost any other thrift store such as Goodwill (Goodwill Industries International, Inc). , The American Red Cross will only be able to help you make the donation, if these blanket sleepers are being donated in bulk amounts for fair distribution. , There are some donation-program pages listed online where the nearest drop-box is located.

    Some donation programs can take your donations by mail, but look a bit around to ensure that this is the thing you really want to do with the sleeper. , Go through your town and jot down some of these charitable places.

    Look for a social-services type of business.

    These businesses will hand these clothes to a reputable place who can take and redistribute them to other people who desperately need them just as well! Other organizations may want to use them too.

    You'll need to perform due diligence with some of them.

    Some very well known organizations are "for profit" with little or none of each donation providing benefit to the needy. , Although some people near your house might need some clothes very desperately after a very devastating fire, they can feel a sense of relief that they will have some clothes to wear and will be very generous in taking the clothes comfortably away from you.

    Don't expect to see these clothes back, if you choose to do this. , Explain to them how good you felt while wearing them, and that they might want to try them on.

    If so, they will almost certainly keep them, when they see the good points when they first wear them.
  3. Step 3: Visit some of the nearest thrift shops that sell clothing in your area.

  4. Step 4: Open your reselling search up to trying some major federal organizations such as the American Red Cross.

  5. Step 5: Look online for some great mail in or drop-box possibilities.

  6. Step 6: Give them to some local charities that might need them.

  7. Step 7: Give them to someone who has just been through a recent tragic house fire and seems to have no clothes available to wear.

  8. Step 8: Give them to another adult-sized wearer.

Detailed Guide

By folding it, you make it look more enticing to more businesses who you will be sending the item to.

Something that's pliable yet sturdy enough to hold clothing in for a short time will do just well. , Talk to someone there.

They might want to take it off your hands and re-sell it to someone else that would be more than happy to re-use it.

If no local thrift shops take it, consider the Salvation Army, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and almost any other thrift store such as Goodwill (Goodwill Industries International, Inc). , The American Red Cross will only be able to help you make the donation, if these blanket sleepers are being donated in bulk amounts for fair distribution. , There are some donation-program pages listed online where the nearest drop-box is located.

Some donation programs can take your donations by mail, but look a bit around to ensure that this is the thing you really want to do with the sleeper. , Go through your town and jot down some of these charitable places.

Look for a social-services type of business.

These businesses will hand these clothes to a reputable place who can take and redistribute them to other people who desperately need them just as well! Other organizations may want to use them too.

You'll need to perform due diligence with some of them.

Some very well known organizations are "for profit" with little or none of each donation providing benefit to the needy. , Although some people near your house might need some clothes very desperately after a very devastating fire, they can feel a sense of relief that they will have some clothes to wear and will be very generous in taking the clothes comfortably away from you.

Don't expect to see these clothes back, if you choose to do this. , Explain to them how good you felt while wearing them, and that they might want to try them on.

If so, they will almost certainly keep them, when they see the good points when they first wear them.

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