How about gently used clothing at convention???

July 4, 2005

OK, I have a really dumb question.

First off, I want to apologize in advance for my postings. I tend

to type very fast (80wpm) and so I tend to write quite short and

brief. Sometimes when I go back and re-read my postings, I'm

like " eewww, that sounds a bit short " . The tone of the email, that

is. So I am apologizing in advance -- for those of you who know me,

you know my natural talkative stage is anything but short with

people, HA!!!!

Now, CLOTHING. I spent an hour going through the kids closets

yesterday -- I have at least 4 feet in piles of stain-free mostly

brand name shirts and sweaters. For girls, Roxy, Limited Too, Gap.

For boys, mostly Gap.

I just can not see giving these great clothes to Goodwill.

Normally, I have my big MAGIC garage sale, but no time for that.

So I got to thinking, what if we spread out clothes on tables in

fromt of our Dr. H table -- maybe sorted roughly by size (but as you

will see from all of us, we all look for clothes that run " smaller "

than the size actually says....). My idea is that the clothes

aren't priced.

Our MAGIC division will give you a tax deduction receipt where you

record whatever the " value " of your clothes are for your own tax

records.

Then, anyone at the convention can pick out the clothing they would

like, and rather than priced, they simply " make a donation " to

MAGIC. We could set guidelines (e.g., a minimum of $1 for t-shirts,

$2 for short-sleeved shirts). BUt I would rather know that a family

that needed and Tyler's castoffs got them.

Do you think this would work? Would it be too chaotic???

Another idea would be to run it on Thursday night as a " division

fundraiser " in the EXHIBIT HALL -- with lots of tables. We would

need volunteers to staff it, but I have a list that could all do 1-

hour sessions. Then whatever is left, we could put on our own Dr. H

visit tables on Fri or Sat nights.

SO.... thoughts? If you are coming to the convention, do you have

any gently used UNSTAINED (key part) clothing? IDeally, we could

ship the stuff ahead of time to MAGIC, but otherwise, just bring it.

Am I nuts? Am I taking on too much? Should I just take this to the

local consignment store (who gives me $1 a piece, ripoff!!!)

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