Kids Clothing Swap, (SE Portland) all sizes infant to teen at the Midland Library. Every 3-4 months depending on availability of the library. For more information contact Nicole at nbrianna@msn.com
Women’s 0-12 (Camas/Clark County, WA) This is a small/medium swap, so please pre-sort your clothes so they can be separated into piles, 0-5 and 6-12. Usually held the first Saturday of every month, 6pm at the Rushing Water Yoga Studio in Downtown Camas. Please reserve your spot (RSVP) with Dorothy at clarkcountyclothingswap@gmail.com
Women’s 0-5 Clothing Swap (SE Portland) at People’s Food Co-op in SE Portland at 7pm. Monthly on the third Friday. If you would like to receive notifications via facebook, go to: http://www.facebook.com/groups/267181703349196/ and request to join the group. Check out www.PDXpetite.webs.com. Or contact Shay smullinspdx@yahoo.com to RSVP.
Women’s 6-12 (NE Portland) For details see The Next (NE PDX) Swap! Sign up to get medium, stuff, and gift swap information at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxmediumswap/ Contact volunteer swap hostess Anna at addragazelle@gmail.com with questions, and to offer to help fold up remainders after this swap. No children, please.
Women’s 10-14 (NE or Central eastside Portland) contact Amy Alice at amyalice58@gmail.com Usually held quarterly at the Jazzersize Fitness Center at 18th and East Burnside (or occasionally at the Presyberian Church of Laurelhurst gym). Please e-mail amyalice58@gmail.com to be put on the email list to be notified of these swaps.
Women’s All Size (Tualatin), Usually held quarterly at the Tualatin Heritage Center. Contact Diana at mom@blackboxphotography.com 503-716-8910. Sizes small through plus, including maternity clothes.
Women’s All Size (Tigard), Takes place the 3rd Monday of the month September through June … no swaps July/August or December. Handicapped accessible, sizes small through plus, including maternity clothes. Quarterly, children’s clothing swaps may follow women’s clothing swaps at this location – watch site for details. Please offer to help set up before, or clean up after this swap – contact Barbara and Cindy at tigardpetiteswap@yahoo.com for more information on whow you can help.
Women’s All Size Clothing Swap (Beaverton), Takes place the first Thursday of the month at 7pm, at Valley Community Church. Check out the facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/116531081838207/ Contact Christina swissfamilyrobinsons@gmail.com for more information.
Women’s All Size Clothing Swap (NE Portland), on the 4th Thursday every month (except January, February and November 2013) at the NE Community Center. Women age 18 and up. Contact Rey at ne_portland@yahoo.com to reserve your spot! Also check out the facebook group called “Swaps and others – Portland” - http://www.facebook.com/groups/swapsANDothers/.
Women’s All Size Clothing Swap (SE Portland) New Seasons market on Sunnyside, 7pm in the conference room the last Friday of the month. For details, contact Tanya at Happyswap@hotmail.com
Women’s All Size Clothing Swap (West side, locations vary). Usually held quarterly. Contact Stephanie Reck at stephreck2012@gmail.com to be put on the email notification list.
Women 50+ All Size Clothing Swap (Hillsboro) at the Hillsboro Community Senior Center. Bi-yearly or quarterly. Email Paula Stewart at paula.stewart@hillsboro-oregon.gov, or call her at 503-615-1090 to get on her contact list.
Women’s AND Kids All Size (Sherwood) Takes place at Countryside Community Church. Contact Jocelyn for more information at jocelyn@countrysidechurch.com or (503) 925-0689 ext 232. Usually twice a year. Next swap probably February or March 2013.
Family Swap (Gresham), All sizes men, women, and children. Contact Amber at gresham.swap@gmail.com. Check Gresham swaps facebook page. Family friendly, handicapped accessible. Usually quarterly.
Family Swap (Sandy) Family-friendly, all sizes men, women, and children – with separate swap rooms for men/boys and women/girls. Handicapped accessible. Held once or twice a year at the Sandy Community Center – check http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sandyswap/ for details.
All-Size Maternity Swap (SE Portland) at Zenana Spa and Wellness Center 2024 SE Clinton St. Portland, OR 97202, 7pm. Meets several times a year. Pass this along to
your mother-to-be friends, mom’s groups, birthing center coordinator, favorite maternity hospital/doctor, etc. For more information, contact Volunteer Swap Coordinator Sara Rose at studio@zenana-spa.com
NON-CLOTHING SWAPS BY ACTIVITY:
December Gift Swap (NE Portland), Check out The Next (NE PDX) Swap! in mid-November (Swap takes place in December).
Spring Stuff Swap (NE Portland), Check out The Next (NE PDX) Swap! in mid-March (Swap takes place in April)
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Examples of Free Swaps around the world:
All Size and stuff swap meet-up, San Jose California
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All swap coordinators are volunteers who do this because it’s fun for them to share with like-minded people. If you’d like to start a swap in YOUR size or area of interest (plants, electronics, household items, etc), learn how here.
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UPCOMING SWAPS:
05/17/13 Women’s Size 0-5 Clothing Swap at People’s Food Co-op in SE Portland at 7pm. Monthly on the third Friday. If you would like to receive notifications via facebook, go to: http://www.facebook.com/groups/267181703349196/ and request to join the group. Check out www.PDXpetite.webs.com. Or contact Shay smullinspdx@yahoo.com to RSVP.
05/19/13 Size 10-14 Women’s Clothing Swap in SE Portland, 11am at the Jazzersize Fitness Center near 18th and SE Burnside. Please e-mail Amy Alice at amyalice58@gmail.com to be put on the email list for her quarterly swaps.
05/20/13 Women’s All Size Clothing Swap, followed by a kids clothing swap, 7pm at Colossae Church in Tigard. No need to RSVP – just show up – there’s plenty of room for kind helpful people! Contact Barbara and Cindy at tigardpetiteswap@yahoo.com for more information. (takes place every 3rd Monday September-June, handicapped accessible). No swaps July, August, or December.
05/23/13 Women’s All Size Clothing Swap in NE Portland, 7 pm on the 4th Thursday every month (except January, February, and November 2013) at the NE Community Center. Women age 18 and up only please. Contact Rey at ne_portland@yahoo.com to reserve your spot! Also check out Rey’s facebook group http://www.facebook.com/groups/swapsANDothers/
05/31/13 Women’s All Size Clothing Swap in Happy Valley, 7pm at New Seasons market on Sunnyside in the conference room. The last Friday of the month. Please read the Free Swap Rules, also you might want to check out What To Expect, and Frequently Asked Questions. To RSVP (reserve your spot) contact Tanya at Happyswap@hotmail.com
06/01/13 Women’s and Teens Size 0-12 Clothing Swap in Camas WA. This is a small/medium swap, so please pre-sort your clothes so they can be separated into piles, 0-5 and 6-12. First Saturday of every month, 6pm at the Rushing Water Yoga Studio in Downtown Camas. Please RSVP to Dorothy at clarkcountyclothingswap@gmail.com
06/06/13 Women’s All Size Clothing Swap in Beaverton 7pm at Valley Community Church 8060 SW Brentwood Street Portland (SW). The first Thursday of the month. For more information see the facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/116531081838207/ or contact volunteer swap hostess Christina at swissfamilyrobinsons@gmail.com.
06/08/13 Women’s size 6-12 medium swap in NE Portland. Women and teens only (No children). For what to expect see details here. (Second Saturday of the month.)
The idea behind Swap Positive is to offer and get free clothes, forever. No money changes hands with these clothes ~ even if you get them home and decide they aren't quite `you', we ask that you GIVE them away to someone. That is the mission of Swap Positive.
Yeah, a plus sized swap would be really helpful. Sad that one of the swaps this weekend is the exact same time as the Portland Free Store..
Greyson – if you’d like to start a plus size swap, that would be GREAT! Here’s how http://swappositive.wordpress.com/about/start-a-free-swap/
Hi there! I’m helping to organize the St. Johns 2011 Trash-to-Treasure swap/recycle/cleanup event on April 23rd. How could we partner to help get the word out? Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137914232939342
Thank you!!
Lane – Thanks for the information about the Trash-to-Treasure event. Interested ladies can follow your facebook link above, plus I’ll add it to my blog roll after my April 2nd swap is done.
We have had the awesome support of our Community/Senior Center in Sandy. They put our swap information in the Recreation guide next to the various classes offered to the community. They have also put out the word on the marque in front of the center, on the city webpage, and even on the back of the water bill!!!
I put up a poster I made at our local library, then just TALK IT UP to everyone I come across.
Community Swaps are SO much fun!
Is there a plus sized swap that goes larger than size 18? I have some friends who would like to attend one, but I don’t see the info. I know there are all sizes swaps, but rarely do I see any plus sizes.
Thanks!
In the past there were like 3 plus size swaps, but all of the women volunteers either moved or had stuff come up where they had to stop hosting. Would your friends like to start a plus size swap? If so, have them check out the “Start a FREE swap!” link that shows up when they put their curser on the “About Swaps” link on the top of this page. When they have a day, time, venue, and contact number/email I would certainly blog about it on this site and hopefully between all of us here we could tell our friends and get them a ‘starter group’:)
Hi Nicole – we just put up a plus size swap (that’s included in the all size swap list above) coming up August 17th. Have your friends contact Diana for more information at mom@blackboxphotography.com