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What Makes Someone Feel Good?

If you are looking at donating clothes then presumably you have a kind heart and some sense of community. It is easy to misjudge how you can best help someone.

A kind intention from you will become distorted in its expression by you if you think you know what another person needs. By that I mean a person in need won't respond to your gesture as you expect, unless you first take a moment and a thought to be curious about them and what life is like for them and what they most need.

How Do I Know What Someone Needs?

The first thing you can do is take a cue from Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Right at the bottom, meaning the most fundamental hard-wired need is for physical survival.

It is somewhat useless giving someone money because money has no value in itself. To make a significant difference in someone's life you need to take a moment to notice what they lack and then give that of yourself freely, willingly and without expectation or reward.

What Can I Donate?

Once someone has access to food and water, in my opinion the next most profound change you can make in someone's life is donating clothes, which become their property, their possession.

Clothing not only provides warmth but owning and wearing certain clothing has a positive psychological effect on a person as well. So when you donate clothes you are giving much more than just a piece of clothing.

When Will It be Most Needed?

Obviously people need clothing all the time. In Africa people frequently asked me

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and others for our clothes. This wasn't about survival but rather ego and status amongst their friends.

To make a huge difference to someone's life have a look at the people who are without warm clothing but living in cold temperatures. These are the people who will receive and fully appreciate a clothes donation. In New Zealand some children walk to school in winter without shoes. Or consider the people who are getting back into work and don't have suitable business clothing.

Where Can I Donate Clothes?

There are various ways, some cities have charity shops, although the clothes become stock for people to buy after you donate them. Ask at your local library or church or food bank, they are usually in touch with organisations or people in need.

One Warm Coat is an organisation, which as the name suggests specialises in getting free donations of warm coats to people in need during those cold months in USA.

Dress For Success is a worldwide organisation that supports women by providing donated professional clothing.

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