You might not want to donate stuff that doesn't work, or clothes that smell so badly that the thrift store manager spends an hour wearing a mask to sort through the stuff, only to pitch it. (Why didn't she take just one whiff and go, "No."?)
Ummkay. I'll spare you several paragraphs' detail about how every charity would rather have money.
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