Clothing Drop Off Project The Barrington United Methodist Church Opens Shed to Collect Clothing

The Barrington United Methodist Church (230 Washington Road) has teamed up with St. Pauly Textile Inc., a used clothing collection company that was founded 21 years ago in Rochester NY and is an A+ rated member of the Better Business Bureau. The company works with non-profit organizations 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 U.S. and worldwide to people who need them.
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.
The Barrington United Methodist Church receives funding for clothing collected, and additionally has the option to use any of this clothing to serve community needs. The clothing will be sorted and items that meet local community needs will be set aside for Loaves & Fishes RI runs. Loaves & Fishes RI is a ministry on wheels and consists of a canteen truck that delivers food to the homeless and needy in our state as well as clothing and toiletries.
St. Pauly Textile, Inc. collects over 90,000 pounds of clothing every day and estimates that this clothing ends up in 44 different countries (including the United States) yearly. In 2016, the company was able to help keep over 16.5 million articles of clothing out of landfills.
For more information, visit www.stpaulytextile.com.