What becomes of the clothes dropped off in donation bins?

[Ruken]

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Clothing donations

I took a bunch of old clothes down to the gas station yesterday, and deposited them in one of those clothing donation boxes. What actually happens to those clothes? I put in a couple of nice jackets (well, great condition but they were a bit dated – a brown corduroy sport coat and an almost-black, once very hip sport coat) and some very nice dress shirts and trousers, plus a bunch of cotton shirts and khakis that were a bit faded. It would be nice to think that someone might wear the nicer th…