{"id":5977,"date":"2013-08-11T20:49:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T00:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2022-08-01T07:43:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:43:12","slug":"needy-prove-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2013\/08\/needy-prove-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Need it? Prove it."},"content":{"rendered":"

[Updated August 17, 2013]<\/em><\/p>\n

Like you, we go through our closets every year or so to collect clothes we no longer wear, and we donate them to our local Goodwill store.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Goodwill does not give away the clothes.\u00a0 It charges money for them, not much, just a few dollars per item, but it is still a barrier.<\/p>\n

When we lived in upstate New York, we gave our used clothes to Asbury Methodist Church, who distributed them<\/a> to those in need, free of charge.\u00a0 I prefer this model: I wouldn’t want a few dollars to stand in the way between cold and warm.<\/p>\n

So I decided to google places in Asheville that provide free clothing to anyone who needs it. Here is a sampling of what I found.\u00a0 The text under each heading is verbatim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our Shepherd’s Chapel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Services: <\/strong>A warm winter coat will be provided for any child 14 years or under<\/span>. A parent\/guardian must make initial contact (via phone<\/span>) and child must be present<\/span> (at distribution location) to purchase coat with parent\/guardian, with Pastor<\/span> (or church representative).<\/p>\n

Eligibility: <\/strong>Coats: Child age 14 and under; Income restrictions to be determined at phone call; Picture ID and Social Security Card <\/span>required.<\/p>\n

Clothing Closet, Salvation Army – Buncombe County<\/strong><\/p>\n

Services: <\/strong>Provides emergency food and clothing assistance to those in need once every three months<\/span> or as needed. Non-perishable items are available with formal interview<\/span> and screening. Every client must have ID,<\/span> and current piece of mail to prove Buncombe County residency.<\/p>\n

Eligibility: <\/strong>Food pantry and clothing closet: picture ID, and current piece of mail to prove Buncombe County residency.\u00a0 School clothing assistance: picture ID, social security number of child<\/span>, and current piece of mail to prove Buncombe County residency; child needs to be present <\/span>when applying for school clothing.<\/p>\n

Clothing Closet, Foster Seventh Day Adventist Church Community Services<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eligibility: <\/strong>For Pantry\/Clothing Closet: Buncombe County residents; Demonstrated need; May come once a month<\/span>; Low or no income; Picture ID, income verification, and Social Security Numbers<\/span> for household members.<\/p>\n

I would be remiss if I didn’t include this last one, and as you know I’m not a Catholic.<\/p>\n

Catholic Social Services – Buncombe County<\/strong><\/p>\n

Services: <\/strong>Anyone in need<\/span> welcome regardless of faith or ethnicity.<\/p>\n

Eligibility: <\/strong>No restrictions<\/span>.\u00a0 No documentation required.\u00a0 Call ahead<\/span> for availability of financial assistance.<\/p>\n

Documents To Bring: <\/strong>Walk-in only.\u00a0 Application required<\/span> prior to receiving assistance.\u00a0 Clothing is provided for the first 20 applications<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Is it really possible that deadbeats are taking advantage of clothing giveaways to the extent that such restrictions are needed?\u00a0 Aren’t there enough clothes to go around for anyone who needs them, even considering the few people who might not need them?\u00a0 Maybe not.\u00a0 Maybe I’m naive.\u00a0 Maybe I should visit Catholic Social Services tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: <\/em>Catholic Social Services is now called Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte.\u00a0 Their Asheville “Clothing Closet” is open one day a week, Wednesday afternoon, for three hours.\u00a0\u00a0 My search continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Updated August 17, 2013] Like you, we go through our closets every year or so to collect clothes we no longer wear, and we donate them to our local Goodwill store.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Goodwill does not give away the clothes.\u00a0 It … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5977"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28327,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5977\/revisions\/28327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}