Our family have so many clothes that are no longer worn. Some Baby has outgrown, others are too small for me now following pregnancy weight gain; while others have just been relegated to the back of our wardrobes following new purchases. Donating them has always been on my to do list, but sadly it had never quite made it to the top. That was until I heard about the TK Maxx ‘Give Up Clothes For Good’ campaign.
TK Maxx annual charity campaign, is in association with Cancer Research Kids and Teens. The campaign focuses on encouraging people to take used clothes to their local TK Maxx store and donate them to help others. Since 2004 this campaign has raised an amazing £19.7 million pounds for Cancer Research UK.
You can use any bag to donate clothing, accessories and also quality homeware. Simply bag it up and drop it off. Every item donated is then sold in Cancer Research UK shops to help save lives. In the 1960’s only 1 in 4 children survived cancer, now thanks to the amazing research, 3 in 4 children are cured.
If every UK household donated a bag of clothes, we could save 25m bags from landfill and raise £740m to help beat childhood cancer. One single bag could be worth £30. How amazing is that?
I collected together some of our old clothes and bagged them up. Most of these are mine and Baby’s clothes, I will have to attack Mr hubby’s wardrobe another day (the campaign is open all year so I have time). Then Baby and I popped to TK Maxx to drop them off. I never need an excuse to shop there, and I never come out empty handed….
Such a simple act, that also helps you declutter your wardrobe and for such an amazing cause. Do you have anything you could donate?
Disclosure: This is a collaborative post.