Newton Rotary Club To Host Clothing Drive July 23

NEWTON, MA — The Rotary Club of Newton is hosting a clothing drive on Saturday, July 23 from 8 a.m. to noon in circular driveway of the Scandinavian Living Center.

So far this year, the Rotary Club has collected over 8,300 pounds of clothing and other household textiles, keeping these items out of the local landfill. The Rotary Club will hold textile drives at the on a monthly basis until September and all money raised will go toward the Rotary's scholarship fund.

"Do not discard outgrown, outdated, or unwanted apparel,” Rotary Club of NewtonPresident Susan Faccenda-Peghiny said in a statement. "Bring them to us so they don't end up in the landfill and help a good cause.”

This recycling effort is made possible through a partnership with HELPSY, the largest clothing recycling collector in the Northeast. Each year, HELPSY diverts nearly 30 million pounds of textiles from landfills through a combination of clothing drives, collection bins, thrift store partners, and curbside pickups.

“Helpsy’s mission is to keep clothes out of the trash,” Dan Green, Co-Founder and CEO of Helpsy, said in a statement. “We are dedicated to changing the way people think about clothingrecycling while adhering to the highest level of social and environmental performance.”

For more information about this upcoming clothing drive or the Newton Rotary, contact Alexandra Mahar at AMahar@slcenter.org or go to https://newtonrotaryclub.com.

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