| Have a lot to donate?
We accept items by drop-off locations, shipping, curb-side service, and through wardrobe drives.
If you have a large amount of donations of 30 pieces or more, we highly
recommend our curbside drop-off service, hosted every 4th Saturday in
front of our downtown Oakland office at
570 14th Street from 10 am – 12 pm (except November & December).
The next curbside drop-off date is:
Unfortunately, due to limited resources, we cannot offer pick-up services.
Donate to our Virtual Wardrobe Drive
Don't have professional clothing to donate? Make a contribution to our virtual wardrobe drive - for as little as $15, you can provide new accessories and attire to low-income men and women across the Bay Area! Shop at our Virtual Wardrobe Drive today.
Donation Requirements
In additional to professional development training, WFO works in partnership with our community to provide professional wardrobes to our clients through our Professional Image Program.
Please keep the following in mind when organizing your clothing to donate:
- Does your item help to set someone up for success on the interview or for a job?
- Can this item be worn by another person right away?
- Will someone feel more confident when wearing this?
Please help us focus our resources by donating only items that are undamaged, clean, dry-cleaned, or ironed and on hangers (if clothing item). Clothes must be received on hangers and will be kept or recycled by WFO. We regret hangers will not be returned and recommend using wire hangers. This ensures that it will arrive at our shop in premium condition with minimum wrinkles. If your donations have tears in the lining, broken zippers, and/or missing buttons please have them fixed prior to donating to us.
We accept all the following new or gently used items for men and women that meet the guidelines above:
Belts
Blazers
Blouses
Briefcases
Coats
Cuff Links
Dress shirts
Dresses
Earrings
Handbags
Jackets
Khakis Pants or Skirts
Knit or Jersey tops
Necklaces
Pins
Polo Shirts
Portfolio Pads
Scarves
Shoes
Skirts
Slacks
Sport Coats
Suits
Tie Clips
Ties
Umbrellas
Watches
Work boots
We also accept the following items that are NEW and/or UNUSED still in its original package or tagged:
Bras
Make-up
Socks
Stockings (hosiery, knee-highs)
Toiletries items
Undergarments (Men & Women)
The following items are not a part of our programs and we regrettably CANNOT accept:
Children's Apparel
Evening Wear
Graphic T-Shirts
Hangers (without donations)
Jeans
Lingerie
Flipflops
Perfume
Used Make-Up or Undergarments
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Suit and Accessory Drives
We appreciate the many suit
drives that are conducted on our behalf. If you are interested
in hosting a suit or accessories drive, please contact our Manager of Corporate Partnerships and Events prior to your event to ensure that we have room for your donations and so we can ensure that you are collecting the items that we need. We also have materials that will make it easy for you to coordinate a successful drive. Accessory drives for jewelry, handbags, or coats
are a terrific option too!
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