Clothing Donation bin on North Street?

[borgin.livejournal.com]

I was running on North Street today and I noticed a clothing and shoe donation bin near the intersection with Broadway. Does anyone know what organization collects at this bin? The location is very convenient to me but I want to know just where my items would be going before I dump stuff in there.

(And if no one here knows I'll have to take a picture with my camera next time so I remember what the bin says when I get home.)

Comments

[ron_newman]

does it really have no identifying marking on it at all?

[borgin.livejournal.com]

There was a website and possibly the name of the organization on the bin. I didn't bring my phone with me so I couldn't take a picture and of course I didn't remember the address, and my googling attempts didn't work out. (Neither did looking at old DS LJ posts - it's not listed on Planet Aid's website so I've ruled that one out.)

I'm just being lazy and posting to see if someone does know. If not, next time I run past and have my cell phone I'll take a picture so I can remember what it is.

For all I know the bin has been there for years and I just didn't notice it before.

[janusirsasana.livejournal.com]

If I recall correctly, I believe there's a Big Brother Big Sister drop-off box in that area.

[ron_newman]

but this isn't it, at least if we're talking about the box on the east side of North Street just north of Broadway. I took a couple of cellphone photos of it and will report more in another comment shortly.

[janusirsasana.livejournal.com]

Oh, in that case you're right -- I thought there was a drop-off bin actually on Broadway around the 1200s

[ron_newman]

I biked by it today and took a couple of cellphone photos. The box belongs to "AFAB Recycling", a company I've never heard of before. There is no web address on the box, and I cannot find one online, though I do find plenty of news articles about them. The box has a phone number on it, 203-591-9270.

Area code 203 is the New York part of Connecticut, so this is not an organization with any local Boston connection at all.

My suggestion -- skip this box and bring your stuff to the Goodwill store in Davis Square instead. You'll be helping a real local charity, and your friends and neighbors will be able to buy what you leave there.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Wow, those articles certainly suggest that those folks are bad news.

[borgin.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I will be sticking to Goodwill. And if I remember, I'll walk over a bag of stuff this evening...

[ron_newman]

You're welcome. Please bring donations to Goodwill only during hours they are open, otherwise you will be contributing to a mess that they have to clean up every morning. The Davis Square store closes at 7 pm.

There is a Red Cross clothes collection box on the northbound side of Mass. Ave. a few blocks south of Porter Square, in front of a Gulf gas station.