Where to Donate Clothes in PDX
2018 Version. Last updated April 15th.
The first in a series of resources for where to donate clothes locally in your community. Starting with our hometown for Closet Minimal: Portland, Oregon.
Reminder: Please wash all your gently used, proud to be worn again, clothes before you drop them off for donation.
Summary
- Dress for Success, Oregon
- Cat Adoption Team Thrift Store
- Northwest Children’s Outreach
- Freecycle, Portland
- Comment below to add your suggestion to the PDX list
Dress For Success, Oregon
The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
What
- Women’s professional attire
- Freshly cleaned, on hangers or folded neatly
- Modern and classy
- Free from make-up stains, deodorant stains, and any rips or holes
Address
1532 B NE 37th Ave., Suite B
Portland, Oregon 97232
When
- 4th Wednesday of the month, 11am — 7pm
- 2nd Saturday of the month, 10am — noon.
Check their website for any updates about where and when to donate.
Cat Adoption Team (CAT) Thrift Store
Cat Adoption Team (CAT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and donations to our Thrift Store may be tax deductible. Proceeds from all sales support the CAT’s programs and services for cats and people. Your donations make a difference and are greatly appreciated!
What
- Men’s and Women’s clothing
- Check their website for more items they accept
Where
4838 SW Scholls Ferry Rd
Portland, Oregon 97225
503–208–3635
When
- 7 Days a Week, 10 am — 7 pm
Northwest Children’s Outreach
We stand in the gap between poverty and caring agencies with resources to help children. We function as a collection and distribution center, collecting resources for these children and distributing the goods to local care providers who meet directly with and prescreen the children.
What
- New or gently-used clothing for newborns to teens
Where
Beaverton
Operating out of Westside Church of Christ
Entrance is to the back of the building on the Southwest corner.
5525 SW Menlo Drive
Beaverton, OR 97005
Mondays & Wednesdays 7pm — 8:30pm,
Wednesdays 10:00am — 12:00pm
Thursdays 10:30am — 12:30pm
Tualatin
Rolling Hills Community Church
Enter on the ground level on the southeast side of the building
3550 SW Borland Rd
Tualatin, OR 97062
Tuesdays 7pm — 8:30pm,
Wednesdays 10:30am — 12:30pm
Buckman
335 NE 18th Ave.
Portland, OR 97232
Located in the alleyway off 18th
Tuesdays 7pm — 8:30pm,
Wednesdays 6:30pm — 8:00pm
Thursdays 10:00am — 12:00pm
Fridays 9:00am — 11:00am
Freecycle, Portland
The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 5,317 groups with 9,199,302 members around the world, and next door to you. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns and neighborhoods. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by local volunteers (them’s good people). Membership is free.
What
- Anything
Where
- Online
When
- Anytime
Freecycle is an option if you don’t need the tax deduction for your donation, but still want to make sure your clothes end up being used and not just tossed into a landfill.
Please comment below to add your suggestion for where to donate clothes in Portland, Oregon. Thanks to Zack Spear for the photo from Unsplash.
