We do not need to look very far to find a different world.
Today, there is a child who does not have a coat to keep her warm just 19 miles from the corner shop where I bought my daughter a new one for this year. And there are 15,000 more men, women and children just like that child in Bridgeport who will not have a coat either. That is almost as many people as we have in New Canaan. But, we can do something, and someone is. The Bridgeport Rescue Mission will give out over 15,000 coats next month for free to anyone who needs one. I have rounded up 7 in my house alone that I will be taking to them. I would love to have my car so full that I cannot see out of the back.
So as you sort out the winter clothes and buy new for the season, I'd love to donate any that you don't need anymore for you. They are in need of all sizes, adult and child. You can drop them off at to from now until November 1st. Let's share the warmth!
Unfortunately, i do have some reservations about what will happen once they have received the coats. I would expect that coat theft and resale of the coats by the recipients will occur, since most NC residents are not going to be donating basic mundane department store(i.e.:WalMart/KMart/Target) style coats. Perhaps a better solution would be for people to drop their unused coats at a consignment shop, and then take the proceeds from the sale and apply it toward the purchase of coat(s) that are less likely to be misappropriated?
S-L-O-W-E-R T-H-I-S T-I-M-E................
They did this for years. Then one year, they re-visited a two year-old house, and said the abuse and neglect of this new house was incredible. They have not done H4H since. They concluded that sometimes people are just down on their luck, but most times, there is a very good reason or reasons why they are poor--and it's not something that money or a house can fix.
11:09 am on Friday, October 26, 2012 Seriously, BR?? If, as you say, a recipient wants to resell an expensive jacket to buy a cheaper one and use the remaining cash for, say, food, why would you even care?" I would not have any issue at all with a recipient reselling an expensive coat, and then purchasing an inexpensive one and using the additional $$$ for food/rent/etc. It would be the prudent thing to do. However, the reality is that many of these folks in need will use the funds to partake in illicit behaviors. Get out of your little bubble and go down to the inner-city residential neighborhoods and observe what occurs within these neighborhoods.
12:45 pm on Friday, October 26, 2012 I have spent plenty of time in inner-city neighborhoods and I am not blind to what occurs there. BUT, if you donate a coat to a drive and the recipient chooses to sell it for drugs, then so be it." So be it? You have no problem with a mother or father taking a coat intended for their child, and selling it so that they can go party? That's warped. But, what does it matter? You did your good deed by donating, so it isn't your problem what happens afterward.
Baffled Resident - I apologize for misreading your initial post - but that is no need to get so riled up. Caps-lock, patronizing comments are silly. Also, as Ade has stated above, I was not saying anything negative to the integrity of the person holding this drive - I was actually giving her credit, if you re-read my comment.
And, since you've brought it up, formula is kept under lock and key in many establishments. I wouldn't tell someone to just leave formula on my side porch, as that would be an invitation to undesirables looking to make a quick buck. I won't hold my breath waiting for you to come back and apologize. Keep living in that little cocoon of yours sweetie.
Or, is moron a better fit.