Great for our: environment, pockets, closets & community <3
Central Coast’s most famous Clothing Swap
The Clothing Swap + Drive hosted by Asia Croson is a community event that cuts down on fast fashion by recycling and reusing gently used clothes throughout the Central Coast. We also partner with local charities to provide gently used clothing items to women and children in need. Our primary recipient is Lumina Alliance, SLO’s dedicated resource for those impacted by sexual and intimate partner violence. By bringing gently used items to donate, patrons are able to take as many clothing pieces as they’d like, wearing them forever or wearing them a few times and bringing them back to future swaps.
How it works:
Clean out your closet of pieces you no longer want to keep (Please do not include any heavily used or torn pieces as well as loose garments such as old underwear or socks).
Hang them up on hangers (some hangers provided at the swap!)
Bring all garments to the swap the day of & check in at our designated check in station
Your garments will be collected and sorted by our volunteers- then you are free to shop around!
Our volunteers sort clothes for charities & donate all remaining items at the end of the swap to various areas.
**Location: Body + Balance Center
1248 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
**Donations: All donations are required to be already on hangers. Drop-offs prior to the event are not permitted this time around so all donations will have to come the day of. (Please do not leave anything at Asia’s office!). You can hang clothes on any kind of clothes hangers, and you can take hangers with you when you leave. (It will be difficult to keep track of whose is whose, so feel comfortable donating the hangers you provide, or choosing to not take others’ home). You can tie a rubber band around the hanger necks if that makes it easier for you to transport!
(If you don't have clothes to donate, you can Venmo $20 to @asiacroson and take clothes you want home!)
**Try ons: There will be no try ons, so only take what you think will fit & you will love! Please feel free to return to the swap later in the day to drop off clothes that don't fit or you don't love!
As usual, all remaining items get donated to the Womens' Shelter in SLO (now known as Lumina Alliance) and several other local charities!
PLEASE DO NOT BRING: irreparably torn, damaged or stained clothing, or underwear. You will be asked to take these items home if they are within your donations. The amount of time it takes to sift through and throw away other people's underwear is time we would love to spend doing literally anything else.
Don’t forget to bring your reusable bags!
So before you guys go and spend a zillion dollars on summer clothes, let's find some at our good ol' fashioned Clothing Swap + Drive.
A great way to prune your closet, help local women + children in need, and spruce up your wardrobe. THIS IS A WIN WIN WIN.
Reuse and recycle, baby!!!