Clothing Donations

Donation Requirements
Wardrobe for Opportunity relies on clothing donations to ensure we have the inventory to appropriately dress our clients for work. Our clients often leave our shop to go directly to an interview. For this reason, please follow our clothing donation guidelines:

All clothing must be clean, dry-cleaned, washed or ironed and on a hanger. This ensures that it will arrive at our shop without wrinkles. (Some of our clients do not have irons, and they can not afford dry-cleaning at this time). Clothing must be in good condition. This means no stains, moth holes, buttons missing, rips or tears, or broken zippers.

Clothing must be in current style and suitable for the workplace. We always need basic colors such as black, brown, navy. We accept jackets, suits, skirts, blouses, sweaters, dresses, pants, shoes, jewelry, new stockings and handbags. We have a special need for coats and umbrellas.

We do not accept lingerie or casual clothing. Business casual clothing is acceptable. We do not distribute eveningwear, but we can sell eveningwear to consignment stores and use the profit for our program.

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Suit Drives
We appreciate the many suit drives that are conducted on our behalf. If you're interested in conducting a suit drive in 2005, please contact Dorothy Amiri, Program Manager, for approval prior to setting up your drive. We request at least one month notice to ensure the most effective coordination of our efforts.