For-Profit Clothing Bins On Long Island Hurting Charities

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As groups like the Salvation Army, Goodwill, St. Vincent DePaul and others struggle to overcome indifference to get clothing donations for their drop-off boxes, they're facing a growing problem - competition from for-profit companies that set up boxes, often lacking the necessary identification required by recently passed local laws.

Damon Rader, administrator for the Salvation Army in Hempstead, said his organization has seen a decline in clothing donations of about 15 percent this year, due at least in part to competition from for-profits.

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For-Profit Clothing Bins On Long Island Hurting Charities

"You have boxes popping up left and right that sound like charities and really are not. They have charitable sounding names, but they're really for profit. They take a big chunk of what would come to us," Rader said. "They're harvesting clothing f...

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