Today's Mitzvah
In the past few months I have been packing up tons of my clothing to donate to the salvation army. Here’s the thing about my clothes; I have a lot of them and I take really really good care of them. Everything I planned to get rid of looks almost brand new, even if it’s a few years old.
Well, instead of giving it to the salvation army I packed it all into a suitcase and handed it over to my brother who will be bringing it on a trip he is taking to Guatemala. He is working with a non-profit organization there and will be donating all my old clothes to children in the town where he’s staying.
At first I didn’t care whether he took them or the salvation army took them, I just wanted them off my hands. But now that he has them I have to say it makes me feel really good to know that some great quality clothing will end up in the hands of kids who actually need them, instead of Long Island City hipsters.