Spring 2016 Clothing Exchange

It's that time again ladies!!!

May 15th, 2016.  1pm to 5 pm.

Dennis R. Timbrell Recreation Centre, 29 St. Dennis Drive, Room 4, Toronto, Ontario

Open to all ladies wishing to exchange clothing, accessories, shoes, handbags, books, etc...

Anything not claimed will be donated to a local charity.

Water will be provided. Feel free to bring healthy snacks to share, if you wish.

Please remember that this is an adult event where ladies will be trying on clothes. As such, I must insist that children, pets and husbands be left at home.

We have had great turnouts at previous exchanges. Nobody goes home empty-handed and we always donate many bags of clothing to a local charity!

Hope to see you all there!

Anyone needing my cellular number, PM me.

Clothing/Book Exchange Event Synopsis

The clothing exchange is a bi-annual event held in May and November for women of all ages and sizes. Comprised mainly out of the plus-sized and weight loss surgery (WLS) communities, the clothing exchange enables larger women to meet and trade/donate items, thereby helping to offset the need to purchase new clothing, especially for those whom have had WLS and are losing weight rapidly.

As plus-size clothing tends to be more expensive, this twice yearly event gives larger women the opportunity to:

a) Recycle clothing that is no longer required or desired,
b) Obtain newer items to update current wardrobe, without the pressure of salespeople,
c) Provide a charitable service to the community by donating unclaimed items at the end of the event,
d) Meet like-minded women and engage in companionship without distractions from regular day to day life.

The Fall 2011 event was the first to incorporate book exchanging as well. Previously a separate event, it was determined that the same communities could meet to exchange books and literature at the same time.

While the event is listed as an "exchange", in actually, there is no onus on anyone to bring clothing or books to "trade". Unlike a true exchange where an item is swapped for another like item, this event focuses more on the 3 R's of a green planet philosophy.

This event has always been free to participants. Water and coffee, if available, is provided and sometimes light refreshments. Participants are welcome to bring healthy snacks to share if they wish, but again, there is no onus on anyone.

This event is alcohol and drug-free. Women are asked to leave children, pets and husbands at home (with the exception of helping drop off or pick up bags) to enable privacy for the women who wish to try on clothing. Women are also asked to only bring clean items in good repair.

Past events have proven to be well attended with the average number being around 20 women. This event was held annually but has since grown to bi-annually due to demand. Past donations have ranged from 8 to 32 large bags of clothing at the completion of event.

This is a brilliant idea. I haven't had my surgery yet, hopefully this summer, so I will attend the one in the fall.  Again, bravo for thinking of this!

What an amazing idea.  thank you for organizing this event, i just put away 4 garbag bags frull o f clothes from size 18-24 including shoes....believe it or not my feet went from a size 9 to size 7!!!

Please let me know what is involved and what i can do to help.  Posting this several times on this page a few times proir will add alot of interested people.  I meet with some women once /month for our WLS meetings, i will certainly let them know as well.

My email is [email protected] if you need to reach me.

Thank you

Lisa

What an amazing idea.  thank you for organizing this event, i just put away 4 garbag bags frull o f clothes from size 18-24 including shoes....believe it or not my feet went from a size 9 to size 7!!!

Please let me know what is involved and what i can do to help.  Posting this several times on this page a few times proir will add alot of interested people.  I meet with some women once /month for our WLS meetings, i will certainly let them know as well.

My email is [email protected] if you need to reach me.

Thank you

Lisa

Thanks Lisa.  I bump this regularly.  There isn't much to it.  Bring clothes, shoes, accessories & books you don't want anymore.  Then we all have fun going through the clothes, taking what we want and donate the rest.  

Healthy snacks are always welcome.

 Bump!

2 more sleeps! 

Thanks to all the ladies who made the effort to come out!  We donated 6 bags to charity!