Clothes For Good

Next sorting Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club this Wednesday 10am - 1pm.

We are on the final stretch, hoping to get the next shipping container over to Fiji end of September!

If you have any donations that can help us fill the remaining space in the container, let me know ✌️

Another successful day of sorting donations.

Thank you Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club for generously donating your facility!

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who’ve made time to make a difference and thank you to everyone who has donated some fantastic clothes and goods for Fiji! 💚💚

Reminder :)

We have a sorting day tomorrow and always welcome more volunteers!

Everyone is welcome, just send us a message if you're intending to come.
Details:
Tuesday 3rd of September
Time: 10am - 1pm
Where: Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club

Another successful day of sorting Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club.

Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who helped sort some great donations for Fiji 🇫🇯

Next sorting day is next Tuesday 3rd of September if you’d like to join 💚

Reminder: Sorting tomorrow at Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club

We have our second sorting day tomorrow and we need more volunteers to come down to Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club to help us sort our donations for Fiji.

Everyone is welcome, just send us a message if you're intending to come.

Details:
Tuesday 27th of August
Time: 10am - 1pm
Where: Murrumbeena park bowls club.

Many hands make light work and thank you again to Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club for their support!

Hi Everyone,

We have our second sorting day this coming Tuesday and we need more volunteers to come down to Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club to help us sort our donations for Fiji.

Everyone is welcome, just send us a message if you're intending to come.

Details:
Tuesday 27th of August
Time: 10am - 1pm
Where: Murrumbeena park bowls club.

Many hands make light work and thank you again to Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club for their support!

A big thank you to Lions Club of Mordialloc Mentone Inc who’ve generously donated 4 big bags worth of great pre loved clothing to us.

They were the first op shop who reached out to support what we do and we can’t thank them enough 🦁

Thank you to our amazing volunteers 💚 yesterday we had our first ever public sorting day at Murrumbeena Park Bowls Club

We sorted and packed so many great items that’ll help us make a huge difference in Fiji.

Our next sorting day is targeted for Tuesday 27th of August. We always need extra hands if you can spare a few hours, get in touch 💚

Bula everyone 👋

A reminder that our first sorting event is this Tuesday! We’d love for you to come and say hi, have a cup of tea and sort through some of the generous donations we’ve been given 😍

Details:

Tuesday 13th of August
Time: 10am - 1pm
Where: murrumbeena park bowls club.

We’re a small and welcoming group, everyone is welcome 💚

Hi everyone 👋

I need help.

I’m looking for volunteers to help me wash some mouldy clothes.

We’ve come into possession of 7,000 t-shirts which are brand new but given to us because the shipping container was pierced and got wet on route to Australia. I’m trying to save these t-shirts from landfill and give them a new life in Fiji amd help us raise money but I’m struggling and need more hands on deck (especially as I don’t have a clothes dryer!) I’ve done around 2,000 myself so far

The t-shirts need to be soaked in borax in hot water for 30 mins and then a warm machine wash. I can provide the borax.

Is anyone else able to assist me/prepared to do a few or more loads at their place? Example of t-shirt below.

Hi Everyone,

Exciting news, it looks like we've secured a fantastic location to sort donations in Murrumbeena, thanks to some very generous people.

So the next steps would be extra hands. We need people who would be able to volunteer on either a Tuesday or Wednesday to sort clothing donations. Likely from 10-2pm.

If you're someone who could volunteer some time and get to Murrumbeena once a week - please get in touch and express interest :)

Help us make a difference to people and animals doing in tough in Fiji.

Hi Everyone,

I need your help.

We are hoping to find a community sorting space - hopefully free or minimal cost - once a week to host volunteers and sort our clothing donations for 3-4 hours.

It is time to give my mum a break from sorting over 400,000 pieces of clothes!! - so anyone who has a contact, is part of a community group, has a contact at a scouts hall or council contact - please get in touch.

The current preference is for south of the yarra river :)

-Hayden

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Donation update!

Clothes for Good is proud to donate $2,520 to cover the cost of rice for a month to Fiji's only Dog Sanctuary.

The Greater Good Fiji is a no kill dog shelter located in Ba, Fiji which looks after more than 300 dogs that have nowhere to go for food or shelter.

Thanks to your generous clothing donations and support, we are able to make donations like this to help make a difference 💚💚💚

Thank you to our friends at Knox Chiropractic & Wellness who’ve had flyers up and have been collecting clothing donations for us from their clients.

It was such a generous offer and this was today’s pick up.

If you’re a local and looking for a new chiropractor, you know where to go 💚

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to do a call out for Kids + Baby Clothes.

We need donations of all sorts to send to Fiji to support + raise money for Children with disabilities, domestic violence causes and animal welfare.

But as we speak we are really short of babies and kids clothing. If you have any baby or kids clothing (any size up to 16) please let us know.

If you can spread the word or if you have a friend or family member who might be able to rustle something together - please share.

Thank you so much for all of your support,
Hayden

Thank you to our friends at Good Job Op Shop for another generous donation of excess stock which will head to Fiji to make a big difference.

We appreciate their support, they’ve been incredible 💚💚

Bula everyone,

Just a little update that I'll be heading away on holidays soon.
So, if you have donations that you want me to pick up before the middle of July, get in touch this week.

Thanks,
Hayden

Thank you to Chris, Margaret and the team at All Saint's OP SHOP, Barwon Heads for making a donation of excess stock to Clothes for Good 💚

A long week of collecting clothes each day this week.

Had a lovely young woman give me some clothes plus some dog treats for the doggo 🐶

This is her own start up.

Have a nice weekend all ✌️

Thank you to Helping Hands Mission Op Shops.

Helping Hands are an awesome Australian charity with multiple op shops in Melbourne’s north which funds their emergency food pantry’s for those in need.

Mel, Adam and their team have been one of the earliest supporters of Clothes for Good and have given so much helpful advice.

They’ve also given us access to their bailer so we can fit more donations into our shipping containers - meaning we can do more for less $$$.

Thank you Mel and Adam!

Thank you to Wendy and her team at Lions Club of Croydon- Mooroolbark for their generous support for Clothes For Good and our work in Fiji.

This is the 3rd donation of clothes and shoes that Wendy and her team have made. Thank you so much! 🦁

Thank you to Jennifer and everyone at the Northcote Lions Op Shop for their generous donation of clothing and shoes for Fiji 🇫🇯

This will help us fill our upcoming container and raise money for domestic violence, animal welfare and disability support initiatives in Fiji.

We love working with other community minded organisations. 🦁

Thank you to Elizabeth for joining me today as I picked up lots of lovely donations from generous Victorians 💚

Elizabeth reached out to me and wanted to cover Clothes for Good for a university journalism assignment!

Thank you to the lovely ladies at Roundabout Op Shop at CCD for generously donating a few bags of clothing to help us make a difference in Fiji.

It is so appreciated 💚

Good news! We finally have a roadworthy van to come and pick up everyone’s generous donations!

It needed a little bit of work to get on the road, but on the road and purchased for less than $4,000 total which is going to save us so much more money in the long term instead of renting Bunnings vans.

Thank you everyone for your lovely support 💚💚

Thanks to Good Job Op Shop who kindly donated some of their overflow stock to help people in Fiji 🇫🇯

We appreciate their support and generosity 💚

Thank you to Robyn and the residents of Tooronga village who organised a large clear out of clothes to donate to clothes for good.

Robyn was one of the first people to assist when clothes for good was just an idea. It was lovely to collect so many lovely donations to send to Fiji!

Hi Everyone,

Firstly, thank YOU so much for all of the support. It has been amazing to be in Fiji, see the happy faces with our donations, be able to make important financial contributions to worthy organisations (more coming, stay tuned) and to have two established op shops in Fiji - the first and only not-for-profit ones.

I'm now back in Melbourne and back to collecting donations. If you have any further donations, have been waiting till I'm back or can spread the word and help by sharing this post into any community groups or your personal page - I'd be so grateful.

All donations of clothes, shoes, bags, matching linen, costume jewellery and accessories are welcomed! But we are in particular need of the items in the post.

Thank you again for all of your support and after having a few days off I'm back on the road collection donations.

- Hayden

Hi everyone 👋

A little update from Suva!

Everyone’s generous donations have now been received, cleared by customs, unloaded and now sit in our warehouse!

See below 🥰🥰

I’ll be back in Australia in a few weeks collecting again, some desperately needed items are kids clothes - baby to size 16, women’s plus size clothes, any size dresses and shoes! Though all donations are accepted.

Some good news coming this Thursday!
Thank you everyone for your generosity and support ❤️