Baby & Children's Clothing Swap
Want to start out the new year by cleaning out your closet? Or, in this case, your child's closet? In the spirit of "reduce, reuse, recycle" and since you may already be considering passing along your kids outgrown clothes, come to the Naked Baby clothing exchange. It'll be similar to the Mamas Clothing Swap parties we've hosted in the past, except the focus is on children's clothing and it'll be hosted during the day. We will have bins at the Milagros community room that will help the sorting. The clothes will be separated by gender and size (by three month increments for the first year and a half and whole sizes thereafter).
When: 1.20.2008 at 3 pm
Where: Milagros Community Room
5433 NE 30th Avenue
Portland, OR 97211
503-493-4141
What to bring: Your children's outgrown clothes; and something to carry away your goodies. Presorting the clothes by gender and size will help speed up the process. Any clothes left over will be donated. Any suggestions for good donation possibilities?
RSVP: Please RSVP in the comments and let us know what size(s) clothing you will be bringing so others can plan ahead.
i'm there! i have all girls clothes in 2T and 18 months. i also have a bunch of unisex shoes (robeez, low-top converse, river sandals, etc...). i think i have some hats too. see you all there!
Posted by: rae | January 02, 2008 at 01:44 PM
I'll be there! I'll be bringing boy's clothes from newborn to 2T. What a great idea!
Posted by: Annie | January 02, 2008 at 01:57 PM
You could donate leftover clothes to the Portland PTA Clothes Closet. It's housed at Marshall High School. I've volunteered there a couple of times through my son's school PTA. Low-income/families in need are enrolled there through their school's counselor or principal. They come to the clothes closet and get to pick out clothes for free. Last time I was there, they were really low on baby/little kid's clothes and shoes. I like the Clothes Closet because the clothes are absolutely free instead of just low-cost (Goodwill, Value Village) but the downside is that it's accessible only to families with kids in PPS.
Posted by: Janice | January 02, 2008 at 01:58 PM
I will be there with boys clothes newborn to 2T as well!
Posted by: Hau | January 02, 2008 at 04:11 PM
Count me in with infant girl clothes and 2T boy clothes. I could really use some size 5 boy clothes!
Posted by: andrea | January 02, 2008 at 04:28 PM
Great idea! Most of our clothes have been around the block a few times already, so I don't have much to trade, but I love the idea. I have donated a bunch of stuff to Insights Teen Parent program, and they are receptive and grateful for all I have dropped off in the past. They seem like a solid organization dedicated to helping teen parents get their feet under them and more.
Posted by: abby | January 02, 2008 at 10:14 PM
I'll be there with 0-12 months girl clothes. I am so happy y'all organized this! I've been talking about doing this for months, but never would have gotten around to it.
I second the above ideas, about donating directly to the cause, rather than a second hand store. I give our surplus to my neighbor, who donates to a foster children program. Not sure of the name, but I can ask.
Posted by: Lea | January 03, 2008 at 02:00 AM
Children's Relief Nursery in North Portland is also a great place to donate any clothing, baby or maternity gear. Goodwill is just down the street from us, but since I've learned more about CRN over the last year or so, I try to make the extra trip down Lombard to drop things off there.
Posted by: Leah | January 03, 2008 at 04:07 AM
I will be there with baby girls 0-9/12 months, boys 3, 4, and 5T (and maybe some 6 thrown in), and probably shoes in the same size range (boys).
Posted by: Heather K | January 03, 2008 at 10:01 AM
I'll be there with newborn boy clothes and a big range of girl clothes, probably mostly 12mo to 3T. Great idea!
Posted by: Emily | January 03, 2008 at 10:40 AM
I'll be there with girl's 3-12 month as well.
DHS is a good place to donate clothes. There is an office in N PDX.
Posted by: kirsten | January 03, 2008 at 12:18 PM
I'll be there with girl's 3-12 month as well.
DHS is a good place to donate clothes. There is an office in N PDX.
Posted by: kirsten | January 03, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Oh, and the reason why DHS is a good place to donate kids' clothing is often when a child goes into foster care, it's a crisis situation and they don't have clothing to last more than a day (often what they are wearing is what goes with them), so if it's off hours, etc., the caseworker person can just grab something for them.
Posted by: kirsten | January 03, 2008 at 12:20 PM
i will be there boys 0-9
Posted by: sara | January 03, 2008 at 01:17 PM
I'll be there, girls age 4, boys age 3. Thanks.
Posted by: Kate | January 03, 2008 at 09:27 PM
Sounds great! I have girls 0-6 months
Posted by: Ericka | January 04, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Can't wait! I'll be there with boys 6-12 months clothes. Thanks for organizing!!
Posted by: Tamara | January 05, 2008 at 06:04 PM
i have a ton of girls clothes from 0-6 months.
Posted by: aleisha | January 05, 2008 at 06:40 PM
I'll be bringing 6-18mos size clothing, looking for 2-3T.
Posted by: cellarstella | January 06, 2008 at 01:58 PM
i will be there with clothes 0-9 months boy, 3-4 girl, 5-7 boy looking for 12-24 months boy and possibly more. Great idea!
Posted by: sarah | January 06, 2008 at 05:01 PM
How wonderful! I will be there with a bag of Newborn-2T boy clothes
Posted by: Talia Brown | January 06, 2008 at 09:15 PM
Ummm, so for the Naked Party novices out here ... what are the ground rules? How much do you take? Is it first-come, first-grab? Or a more polite turn-taking thing? How does it all go down? Please inform ... I have bags of 3-12mo girls stuff in the basement ...
Posted by: Amy | January 07, 2008 at 04:00 PM
I aim to be there with whatever I haven't given away to friends (not much!). Likely 3-4T boys and some 18-24 mo. girl stuff. what i really want to know is when we're having the naked toy closet party? cause i've got some toys i'm ready top off and am sure you all have got some i would love to have :-) anyone?
Posted by: Lisa | January 07, 2008 at 04:14 PM
Would love to show up and get some clothing as I'm carring my first. Is that OK? Would love to get some advice as well if anyone has gone back to work while daddy stays at home.
Posted by: Magen | January 07, 2008 at 04:54 PM
As for the how-tos of this thing, there are no formal rules. Our goal is casual, take what you need, do your best to leave something for others, hopefully find some jewels and lighten your load, you know? Bring it clean, be ready to place your own stuff in the size bins to keep it organized. That's about it. See you - and all those bags, Amy - there!
Posted by: Lisa | January 07, 2008 at 05:23 PM
i'm hoping to be there with girls and unisex 0-12 months or so. i don't have a ton of stuff but i'd love to pass it along.
Posted by: maia | January 07, 2008 at 10:31 PM
I will be there with lots of 0-6 month boys clothes to trade.Love this idea!
Posted by: Jane | January 08, 2008 at 06:13 PM
Count me in with girls' newborn through 2T clothes.
Posted by: ang | January 08, 2008 at 09:07 PM
Awesome idea. I'll be there with boy's clothes from newborn to 6 months.
Posted by: Vaish | January 08, 2008 at 10:45 PM
I will be bring boys clothing newborn to 2T.
Posted by: Nicole | January 09, 2008 at 02:31 PM
Sounds like such a wonderfull idea! I'll be there with unisex newborn and girl 0-6mos stuff, plus hat's socks etc. see you there!
Posted by: Emily | January 09, 2008 at 09:20 PM
I plan to come with 9-18mo boy clothing and some various "foot wear"~can't wait!
Posted by: Amy | January 10, 2008 at 12:57 PM
I would like to attend. I would be bringing girls clothing and shoes from 2T to 4T
Posted by: Jill Ireland | January 11, 2008 at 02:53 PM
I will be there with clothes sized up to 2T for little girls. Can't wait!
Posted by: Brooke | January 12, 2008 at 04:18 PM
I'll be there with newborn-2T boys and 0-6 month girls. This will be my first time...looking forward to it!
Posted by: Laura | January 13, 2008 at 05:20 PM
This is such a wonderful response! We are definitely looking forward to hosting this.
If you can't make this January event, we are hosting a kids clothing in February with PDX Swap. We will post details on that when they are available.
Peace,
Tony and Jen
Milagros
Posted by: Milagros | January 14, 2008 at 02:33 AM
I'll be there with some girl 12-18 mo and boy 4T. Looking for girl 3T and boy 6.
Posted by: Murielle | January 15, 2008 at 10:50 PM
I will be there with 3-12month boys clothes. Looking for 12months and over.
Posted by: diana | January 16, 2008 at 09:45 PM
I will be there hopefully! I have baby girl clothes and I like to donate to Insight teen parenting over on Powell.
Posted by: annie | January 17, 2008 at 09:03 AM
i'm planning on coming (love this idea!) with infant - 2T boys and some 4 girls. I'm hoping for some 5 or 6 girls??
Posted by: sarah | January 17, 2008 at 11:16 AM
I'll be there with infant girl clothes, as well as some 3,4 yr old girl clothes. thanks! Alexandra
Posted by: Alexandra Demetro | January 17, 2008 at 07:23 PM
As our twins are only 2.5 months old, we'll have lots of stuff up to 3 months for boys. Looking forward to meeting you seasoned Mamas.
Posted by: Mindy | January 17, 2008 at 09:13 PM
i have newborn - 6mos boy clothes, plus some unused G-diapers and some blankets. hope to get some boy 3-6mos clothing. see you there!
Posted by: Fran B. | January 18, 2008 at 10:28 AM
I am also carrying my first (due in 6 weeks!!) and would like find some infant items- namely socks, booties, and hats. We don't know what the gender is so I'm willing to donate some obvious blues and pinks in return for more gender neutral pieces.
Posted by: Susan | January 18, 2008 at 11:18 AM
We will be bringing 3-12 month clothes and socks to share. My basement will be so much cleaner.
Posted by: Emily | January 18, 2008 at 12:32 PM
I'll be there with boys clothes newborn-2t. great idea!
Posted by: ariel | January 18, 2008 at 03:14 PM
I will be there with 0-6 months for boys and my friend Angie will have 0-3 months for girls. Thanks for organizing.
Posted by: Amanda | January 18, 2008 at 05:26 PM
Cool! I'll be there with boys clothing up to 24mo or 2T and some shoes in the 4-6T range.
Posted by: Mary | January 19, 2008 at 11:05 AM
I will be bringing girls stuff up to 12mths and some boys things, mostly 3T. See you all there.
Posted by: Lara | January 19, 2008 at 11:49 AM
I'll be bringing boy items newborn to 12 months. Thank you!!!
Posted by: hil | January 19, 2008 at 12:42 PM
I will be there with boys cloths, 12 months to 4t. I really need boys cloths in size 5 and 6!!!!!!
Posted by: Angie | January 19, 2008 at 09:28 PM
Just got this one from my mama group. I will be there with girl clothes 6 mos - 2T.
As for donations, Yolanda House of the YWCA helps women and children fleeing domestic violence start over.
Posted by: Barbara Anderman | January 20, 2008 at 09:39 AM
this is a bit last minute for an rsvp, but i'm coming! looking for girl's 2T +, have some girls 6 months thru 18 months. thanks!
Posted by: SuzanneLynn | January 20, 2008 at 01:58 PM
I had such a great time and got so many cute items! Thank you so much for putting this all together!
Posted by: Jane | January 20, 2008 at 05:47 PM
I went to the clothing swap today and was surprised to see so many mamas and so many great clothes to choose from. As a stay at home mom there is a tiny budget for clothing so this really helped me out. The only thing I found disappointing was that there were a handful of women who parked themselves in front of the baby girls clothes and made it impossible to even get a change to look through the majority of the baby girl clothing.As I looked around the room I noticed many mamas helping each other find the sizes they were looking for, and I even met a few expectant moms and exchanged phone numbers with one of them because I have a large bag of newborn clothes I am going to pass on to her. The point is it was a fantastic idea, a great way to meet other moms, and everyone including myself ended up leaving with some great treasures. With that said maybe next time we can all make room for each other and it would just have a better vibe overall. I am looking forward o the next swap and I think a toy/baby gear is a fantastic idea.
Posted by: fellow mama | January 20, 2008 at 07:46 PM
We have another baby swap scheduled at Milagros on February 16. We are hoping to do one every month - who doesn't need to pinch some pennies?
You can find the details on the next swap here:
http://milagrosboutique.com/?p=835
Posted by: Milagros | January 24, 2008 at 02:42 PM
Quick update: This was a HUGE success and plenty of mamas suggested another, so stay tuned ina few months. Also, we ended up with loads of extra baby clothes which we are busily donating to local non-profit programs that assist parents with a range of issues, including free clothing. Thank you everone for your suggestions of places that take baby clothes, they were very helpful and we called them all.
Posted by: Lisa | January 24, 2008 at 05:18 PM
why not try Wee Shop, Kids Swap online!
Visit the website http://weeshopkidsswap.info
Join and post all items - it's FREE!!
Posted by: brenda | November 23, 2008 at 07:15 AM
Hi....Can anybody please please help me Iam a single mom with twins boy and girl babies and a Teen girl and a young girl age 7 and Iam in much much much need of clothes Can anybody please help send clothes to us we need them badly Iam trying my hardest to give them clothes here is my email address please email me lsandmpforever@yahoo.com we need people to send help please we need sizes newborn to toddler boy and girl clothes likes dresses and skirts and jeans and shorts and any teen girls clothes I have a tall daughter needing clothes Please we need your help please...Thank you and God bless
Posted by: Rae | March 03, 2009 at 04:55 PM
Sounds wonderful...count me in! I have girls clothes up to 2T!
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