Harriman VFW Post 8858 opens shed to collect clothing

HARRIMAN — Cleaning out your closets? VFW Post 8858 in Harriman has a place for you to drop them off.
Post 8858 has teamed up with St. Pauly Textile Inc., to collect used clothing. The company works with non-profit organizations, like VFW Post 8858, to set up used clothing drop-off sheds designed to give community members a clean, attractive and well-monitored place to donate gently used textile items, which are then distributed both here in the United States and worldwide to people who need them.
VFW Post 8858 receives funding for clothing collected; the post also has the option to use any of this clothing to serve community needs.
St. Pauly Textile, Inc. collects more than 120,000 pounds of clothing every day and estimates that this clothing ends up in 44 different countries (including the United States) yearly.
In 2017, the company was able to help keep more than 20 million articles of clothing out of landfills. The company was founded 22 years ago in Rochester and is an A+ rated member of the Better Business Bureau.
Accepted items include clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, purses, blankets, sheets, drapes, linens, pillowcases and stuffed animals.
Donors are asked to donate items in a plastic bag to protect against dirt and the elements. There is a small box on the shed that contains receipts to help donors take a tax deduction.
Consider donating your used clothing items today at 50 River Road in Harriman.