Friday, December 17, 2010

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Should NEOCH Distribute Donated Thong Underwear??

Every year in December we collect toys and blankets to distribute. All the toys are donated new mostly from major toy manufacturers in the United States. This year, we received a donation that stopped us in our tracks. We received 80 new individually wrapped thong underwear packages for distribution to the homeless population. No, I did not mean to type long underwear, which we would love to have donated. A major corporation donated new (high priced) thong underwear to homeless groups throughout the country.

What do you think that we should do with the thong underwear? We have posted a poll on the right hand side of this blog to solicit your opinion. You are also welcome to comment on this post. Is it appropriate to donate to women living in a homeless shelter thong underwear? Is it appropriate to distribute this underwear to facilities that are closely associated with churches and the religious community? Some people connect thong underwear with date night, and so is it appropriate giving these items out? Besides high school boys, is there a thong underwear lobby who will be offended by even having the discussion? There are certainly religious conservatives who will not want the thong underwear distributed on their property. What do you think that we should do with this thong underwear for the holidays?

Brian
PS: If you can donate blankets, we are always looking for this help. If you have more than 35 blankets to donate, we will come out and pick them up. We distribute them to people sleeping outside and to the shelters in Cleveland. During the winter months, we can never have enough blankets.
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is inappropriate to distribute to the homeless, but if sold them you could use the money to buy blankets, food, long johns, or whatever else you need.

Cleveland Homeless said...

Thanks to Mike McIntyre from the Plain Dealer for covering this event. Here: http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf/2010/12/gift_of_thong_underwear_for_th.html

We are part of a national campaign to donate items (especially toys) to homeless families. Part of that agreement is that we cannot sell the items that we receive. We have received some great toys over the last two weeks that homeless kids will love when they open them next Saturday. I just don't understand who thought that this was a good idea.

Brian

Anonymous said...

where can we drop off blankets? we have a few but not 35 to have you pick them up. we would love for these to go to people to stay warm in this very cold time.

Cleveland Homeless said...

You can drop blankets off at our office at 3631 Perkins Ave.--one block north of Chester behind the Keybank. Just push call 32 to be let in the building. NEOCH is on the third floor. Or you can drop them at the Volunteers of America Shelter on Walton near West 25th St. They have an outreach team that goes out under the overpasses every night. Both of our groups will make sure that homeless people receive the blankets. Thank you for the good will.
Brian