Clothes and Toys

Just Between Friends, if you feel you have the time to devote to it, I start tagging now for the fall sale and I do the one in Ft. Worth. Otherwise, Finders Keepers on Davis near Tarrant Parkway gives you the best price but they're super picky. Kid to Kid is good too but the one in Watauga is never buying my sizes so I end up going to the one in Bedford (call ahead to the resale stores before you lug everything there).

You can donate them to Our Children's House. It is a medical facility attached to Baylor hospital downtown. They care for kiddos that (usually) have had some sort of traumatic accident and are healthy enough to leave the hospital but not ready to go home (or the parents are not able to care for them at home yet). They have a lot of kids that have been accidents but they also see a lot of CPS kiddos. They are a great organization that can always use stuff for the kiddos (they can also use volunteers to spend time with kids that don't have family who visits them).

http://www.baylorhealth.com/About/FactsStats/FactSheets/P...

Take them to a children's re-sale shop like Kid-To-Kid in McKinney, Plano or Allen.

Depends on what your priorities are. Would you like to make some money back for the investment you made? Then put them in a consignment sale, like JBF Fort Worth. However, that takes a little bit of time to put the tags on and price all the items. The upside is that you can name your price and you'll definitely get more than at a garage sale. Another way to go would be to donate it all. If you find a resale shop you like, one that benefits a cause you believe in, donate there. I would NOT go to Once Upon a Child or Kid-to-Kid. While those stores are very nice, they don't give hardly anything on trade-ins.

Do not donate to Keller Community Storehouse. Once I saw a huge trash container, the same size as the ones you see at construction sites, filled to overflowing with donated stuff behind their center. I requested a ladder and climbed to look in. I pulled out a like-new beautiful girl's coat and never-worn little girl's jeans and a brand, new Scrabble game with the plastic wrap still on the box. The volunteer said they just didn't have ROOM for off-season clothes and toys. I called a newspaper reporter but by the time he got there with his camera on Monday, the dumpster was emptied.

A good way to save a few hundred dollars in a year for your kid's clothing budget is a site called GumdropSwap (http://gumdropswap.com). You can swap from anywhere in the US by sending the clothes your kids outgrow to this kids boutique in CT. They give you points to shop on the website and send you a box of clothes that fit your kids. I've been a member for about 6 months and became friends with the owner because I was in there so much, lol.

Ever think of donating to your local women's shelter? Many times when people come in, they are in crisis and come with basically the clothing on their backs. I know where we live they appreciate clothing, toiletries, gas cards, whatever. Sadly to say, there is always a need.

Depending on your financial situation, you could donate them to GRACE or Goodwill or sell them to a consignment shop like Kid to Kid.

C.,

Lots of great places to donate them have been mentioned, but we'd love to have you join us at Just Between Friends in the Fall if you would like to make some money back on them. I co-own the Fort Worth sale - our next sale is in September at the Will Rogers Memorial Center Exhibit Hall just west of downtown Fort Worth. If you have any questions about JBF, I'd be happy to answer them - email or call me at ###-###-#### - or check us out at www.jbfsale.com/fortworth.

J. Morrison

Craigslist, JBF sale, or you could take them to Once Upon A child or Kid to Kid. If you're not looking to make some $, then yes, you could always donate them to a shelter, Salvation Army, or a family in need. If you go to church, you could ask your pastor if he knows of a family that may need them.

In Denton, there is a resale shop called Holy Family Thift Store which benefits the Loreto House which helps women in crisis pregnancy. I am sure there is something like that in Keller.

I give everything away, because it's a nice way to bless others. If I didn't, I'd consign with Just Between Friends or Divine Consign. The next one is in September.

I either donate ours to a local thrift store or if there is someone that I know of that might be in need of them(or has kids just younger than mine) I ask if they would like them- we have received many clothes that way and have passed on any that we couldn't use. It's a great way to help teach your children about sharing and helping others!
~C.

I think the other ladies ideas are great. Once Upon a Child is a good store. Here is some info on it.Once Upon A Child
Once Upon a Child buys and sells gently used children's clothing, toys, baby furniture, equipment and more! We are the nation's largest chain of children's resale ...
www.onceuponachild.com