With the new school year just around the corner, or already in session for some, Uncle Sam wants you to show your support for military families. A new school your means school supplies, and new clothes, and military families are no different.
Military families often experience different sets of challenges than civilian families, which can make like difficult. Between long deployments causing time away from loved ones, to frequents moves, military families need our help.
Helping military families is easier than you might think, even if you have no time or no money to donate. Clothing donations are an excellent way of helping military families as well as the environment. It’s estimated that a whopping 12 million tons of clothing, fabric, and textile is is thrown out each year in the United States, when 99% can be reused or recycled. Clothing donations significantly reduces the amount of waste going to landfills. In 2006, 2.5 billion pounds of fabric were kept from overburdened landfills thanks to clothing donations. Clothing donations are also perfect for back to school!
Still think you don’t have time to make a clothing donation? Organizations that help military families understand that life is hectic, and it is often hard to find time to complete the smallest of tasks. Therefore, many charities offer donation pick up services to make helping military families more convenient for those with busy schedules.
Americans are eager to find ways to give back to veterans and the military community, and there are a number of ways to do so. However you decide to give back, know that your efforts, no matter how seemingly small, are making a big difference. See this link for more: www.purpleheartpickup.org
