You may not have many pairs of jeans, especially if your workplace dress code requires a different kind of attire. Still, you may have shirts, pants, jackets or other items that are just hanging there, unworn and causing guilt when you see them. Odds are, you wore them only once –– some may still have a tag from the store. A Trunk Club survey of 2,000 adults published in USA Today confirms this: Twenty-eight percent of items in the average American’s closet have never been worn or have been untouched for over a year.

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Remember Goodwill’s claim that jeans hang unworn in a closet for years? Spot on.

It’s not just Goodwill, either. The Salvation Army operates no-fee residential treatment facilities, and the group is funded largely by The Salvation Army Family Stores.

The Salvation Army will even take a vehicle — although odds are good you don’t have an extra one lying around. It’s nevertheless good to know that if you ever do have one to donate, someone else could use it. 

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The Salvation Army notes that 114 people die each day in America as a result of a drug overdose, and that 205 more people die as a result of alcohol abuse. Helping someone overcome addiction means that person can go out and get (and keep) a job. A donated shirt, jacket, or pair of pants could become the outfit someone wears to an interview.

And while this may go without saying, a job puts money in a person’s pocket — some of which will go toward paying bills and buying groceries. 

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“Shopping at Goodwill is also an environmentally conscious thing to do,” Goodwill shares on its website. “Reusing and renewing gently worn items and donating unwanted items are responsible ways to practice green living.” 

The organization has been an environmental pioneer in reusing, renewing and repurposing; it diverts millions of pounds of unwanted items from landfills each year.

The Salvation Army calls it by another three Rs: reduce, reimagine, and renew hope.

Chris Woodward is a reporter for American Family News and OneNewsNow.com. He lives and works in Tupelo, Mississippi.