We appreciate your donations of women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing, shoes, and accessories in good or better wearable condition. Our clients need clothing, shoes, and accessories for all kinds of activities including work, school, casual and dressy events, sports, and more. Anything our clients cannot use is either recycled or sold wholesale to support our work.
We accept:
- Clothing from any era, in any size, for any age or gender
- Footwear including shoes, sandals, sneakers, and boots
- Outerwear including all kinds of coats and jackets
- Bathing suits, workout clothing, athletic wear
- Wearable accessories, including belts, hats, scarfs, gloves, and more
- Purses and bags
- Costume jewelry
- Aprons
We cannot accept donations of anything that is not listed above. If you’d like to donate funds, here’s how »
Most needed items:
- Men’s clothing – all types and sizes
- Women’s clothing, especially larger sizes
- Footwear in good condition for both men and women
Click here for donation bin locations and public clothing drives (when scheduled).
- We cannot accept clothing donations at our office, which is a very small shared space.
- Please donate at a clothing drive or at our outdoor bins.
- Place your clothing, shoes, and accessories in a small- or medium-sized bag (no hangers and no boxes, please). The opening in our donation bins is approximately 3′ x 2′.
- Please do not leave donations or trash outside of our clothing donation bins. If your donation will not fit through the opening, empty the contents into the bin and take the container with you. If the bin is full (rare, but sometimes unavoidable during the busiest times of the year), please come back another time, or visit one of our other locations.
- Don’t drop anything into the bin that you intend to keep. Hold your keys, wallet, phone, etc. in your other hand, or better yet, in a pocket or bag.
- Please send your donation check separately – do not include it with your clothing donation. Same with coins!
- Second Chances presently has extremely limited ability to pick up donations. If you have fewer than 30 large bags (less than 350+ pounds) or are outside of the Greater Boston area, please drop off at our donation bins or one of our public clothing drives.
Thank you.
Public Clothing Drives
We’re grateful to local organizations and businesses for supporting our community by hosting public clothing drives.
Operations Update
Our donation bins are operating according to the schedules (if applicable) below. Publicly accessible bins are emptied three to four times per week. If you are able to donate on a weekday, we really appreciate it and it will be picked up quickly! If a bin is full, please wait to donate another time or at another location. Do not leave donations outside the bins. Thank you for your generosity and support.
Donation Locations
Thank you for donating at one of our donation bins! This is the quickest way to get clothing to folks in our community.
