Just a suggestion, you may want to research your goodwill shops before giving them your business. Not all are not-for-profit charities in the name of good will (this may be important to you).A big example is "Value Village" which is a multi-million dollar company with a pittance of what they make going to charity.
In Canada good places to go (that I trust anyway) are:
Salvation Army
Community Living
Mennonite Clothes Closet
And in the same vein these are who I donate to. I used to have the Diabetes Foundation pick up my donations from my door. I discovered they make very little off selling it to - you guessed it - Value Village who in turn make a tidy profit.
Some larger centres have consignment and vintage clothing ships, but again they are entirely for-profit.
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