Clothing Crisis

Societal waste. How many times have you bought something new in the last year? The last month? The last week? How about yesterday?

How much food is in the back of your pantry or the bottom of your freezer? And still, you take regular trips to the grocery store. How about leftovers? Do you ever throw them out?

Would you ever consider wearing used earrings? How about socks? Or underwear?

Would you like to decorate your house with a lot of dusty plastic flowers?

Do you like the idea of having to replace your appliances every few months because they are old and used and on their last legs? It's still a LOT cheaper than buying new, but it sure is time consuming! Those things are heavy!!

For the most part, the Regina RESCUE Mission lives as thriftfully and frugally as possible. Our clients eat "mystery" food from the recesses of people's freezers and pantries. One time Melanie made package after package of lemon merangue pie mix and not ONE of them set because they were too old! Someone donated Shake-n-Bake in packaging that I recognized from my childhood! I'm 37!!!!

We use some freezers that, if not defrosted weekly, have to be duct taped shut so they stay closed.

Our WARRM (Women's Auxillery Regina Rescue Mission) President and Vice President are concerned that we have an overflow of clothing that is going to be wasted if it isn't sorted through and redistributed in other ways.

It's a unique problem that has been caused by the fact that we are moving into a new building at the beginning of June. Even with turning away donations, we have more than we can use and get through in such a short time. And we cannot take any of the clothing or household goods with us when we move.

IF YOU CAN DONATE ANY TIME TO RESCUING THE DONATIONS FROM DEMOLITION, please contact Esther, our WARRM Vice President. You can email or call the Mission and I will pass it along to her. 543-0011 or rescue@reginarescuemission.org