I'm putting together a box to donate to a shelter

[Warpy]

7. I found a closet full of my dad's old suits

complete with the 1974 cleaner's tags on them. I did donate them, poor folks are invited to weddings and with people looking at the bride, no one will notice they're out of date a bit. They were all black or charcoal grey.

I kept his ties. Eventually, they'll either be patchwork or a rag rug. His casual clothing was donated to the rehab center/nursing home where he died.

Shorts and socks are great. Travel sizes of toothpaste, folding toothbrushes, Bandaids, deodorant, razors and shaving soap are also good, cleaning up always made me feel more human than anything else did.

Travel shampoo is good. Travel deodorant is good. This stuff is all small enough to be tucked into whatever they keep their belongings in without adding much to the weight.

The shelters can use soap, shampoo, towels, large cans of shaving foam.

Things like shoes need to be by gift certificate so they can try them on. They have to keep moving during the day so shoes that are too large or small will cause them a lot of problems.

Bottles of B-1 (Thiamine) are good to give the drinkers to delay the onset of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.

Ear plugs might be good, also, shelters are dormitory style, people next to each other in cots in a big room, and they can be noisy.