This statement is taken from the Mayor's letter to residents in October's city newsletter. "Your donation is tax deductible if your items are of excellent or good quality and if you have a receipt." This is false. It was made crystal clear at the Sept. 8 meeting that all conditions of clothing, shoes and textiles have value.
Tasha's comment to the Mayor's statement: "This is not true. Your donation IS tax deductible if your items have a resell value and if you have a receipt. Many donation venues (house pick-ups or donation bins) receive donations sight unseen. A blank receipt is given from the house pick-up and many bins have a qr code to receive a receipt. (Yes, Special Olympic bins have a qr code/website to receive a receipt. It is the responsibility of the donor to fill in the receipt amount. Also at the end of the newsletter, the left over donations that do not specifically "clothe the needy" are sold by most organizations collecting textile donations and the revenue from this unused clothing they received from the public is what also funds their cause. The important part of a donation being tax deductible is donating your items to a charitable center or donation bin that outlines the donations are tax deductible."
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