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Our current clothes closet wishlist: PANTS!

We receive many requests for pants and do not have many pairs to give away. Most of our requests are for men’s pants, since most of our members are men, but our ladies have also been asking. Most people are asking for jeans or khakis. Men’s sizes: 32-38 waists, Women’s sizes: 6-12.

Other items that are often requested:

• socks and underwear (we have a lot of XL, but no smaller sizes)
• feminine hygiene products (sanitary napkins and tampons)
• XXL or XXXL t-shirts or sweatshirts
• men’s shoes, size 10-14. We’ve also had a request for a size 17 shoe. Can you help us find that tricky size?

Can you help us with other items that we need?

• Washcloths and towel — they always start disappearing at an alarming rate when the weather warms up!
• Pens
• Travel-sized toiletries

Thank you! Donations can be dropped off at GMC between 8am and 4pm any day of the week.

We are happy to announce the start of our very own clothes closet! When we renovated our center in 2011, we decided to knock down a few walls in order to create a space for our guests to come, sit, and hang out. Doing so meant getting rid of our clothes closet and turning away most clothing donations due to lack of storage space.

A year and a half later, we have transformed a tiny office in Grace Church into our clothes closet! And, having a clothes closet means that we can accept clothing donations again (in limited quantities; the room is still small). The closet is currently being organized and manned by two enthusiastic Georgetown University students, Alex and Kathryn. They have been coming in once or twice a week to organize incoming donations and to distribute clothing every Friday at 10am. Needless to say, our guests are ecstatic about this news.

If you wish to donate clothes, please call Stephanie (202-338-3801) ahead of time to check whether or not we are in need of certain items. We will be posting on our blog, Facebook, and Twitter items that are in high demand. Right now, there have been many requests for jeans, with 32-36″ waists being the most in demand sizes. Our guests also often request belts, since it is difficult to acquire well-fitting pants on the street.