I don't know...thrift stores have not only been helpful when trying to dress 3 kids during lean times, but as I went through a significant weight loss, it came in handy changing out the wardrobe a couple of times too. I still go and look for decent new and lightly used items. As a female, you will be amazed at how many women, even in tough economic times, donate decent stuff because they are still shopping their hineys off. I love being the beneficiary of someone with no self control in the normal stores.
As for the DUmmie, what's so wrong with donating to the Goodwill? Just don't take the friggin' tax credit dipshoot. Goodwill creates jobs for a lot of REAL disabled people who could not work otherwise. A local federal agency here employs people from Goodwill for cleaning. I don't see the objection to donating to goodwill. They sell your good used crap for pennies on the dollar? So what, that money goes to employ those people I just mentioned and help them out in other ways.
That said, there are a lot of good charities out there, but I don't understand the dummies objection to goodwill. It sounds like she wants her clothes to go directly to someone who needs the clothes instead of the income generated from the clothes. Here's an idea, join a church or local community group and get to know people in need like that? I have a girlfriend who helps me through thick and thin with two of my kids. She has two girls and her (ex) husband decided in the last year he didn't get enough sexual experience for his taste when he was a young man so he's dumping his family to check out the wilds of the world---Her life changed in a heartbeat. I've given her a monster load of girl clothes for her young daughter among helping her out where I can with gas because I'm doing better now myself. She really doesn't know anybody or has no friends who might know someone who could use these? Pretty tight well to do social circle over there. Sounds like she's one of the 1%
