Well, that was rotten!!! If they have a website that mentions they are a drop-off site for donations to PL, maybe leave a note that they don't always give to PL but to the charity of their choice? Spread the word at your guild and to local quilting friends. Make sure the owner of the shop knows....but, maybe it was her.

In a couple other forums I'm in, quilters are trying to downsize or know they won't use all the fabric they have, especially the FQ size, so have offered it to members (to be used for charity) for the cost of postage. A large stuffed priority box is about $20. I recently received one of these boxes and that's what I'm using to make all these book bags for my granddaughter's 3rd grade class. There are charity items needed that don't use a lot of fabric.

That would torque me off, too, Bkay. I don't like vagueness or dishonesty at all, but especially not then it comes to charity. I know there's an old saying that whatever you give away it's no longer your concern what happens to it but I think this case is different. Since they did tell you it was donated as they saw fit, there's not much that you can do except to let them know how you feel about it and if they continue to put out a sign that it would go to the Linus Project I wouldn't use them to do the donation, I'd contact someone else who is trustworthy. I would also tell anyone I knew what happened and I would let the shop know about it, too. I just wouldn't tell anyone that I suspected that the person took it for herself, that could set you up for a liability since you can't really prove it.

I've gotten to the point that I don't give to charity too much. The last time I was really steamed was when a long-time family friend since he was just a kid of 12 wound up in the hospital with heart problems and pneumonia, almost died. His mom told me that his girlfriend had started one of those go fund me deals. So my whole family donated what we could and in fact we were the only ones who did except for a couple of others. Never did any of us ever get so much as a hint of a thank you for it. And we all gave quite a good amount. I never brought it up with the person who was ill because they broke up and anyway I don't feel like he was in a situation where he even knew what was going on much less thank anyone. I do wonder if he ever saw any of that money go to his bills or household needs though.

I don't blame you for being angry. There are charities, and then there are charities. The donor has the right to choose. I would make sure Project Linus was made aware of this. Maybe PL will call the shop and demand that the sign regarding a pick-up location be removed.

Well, that is one store I would not frequent again.

That would seriously cheese my crackers! I commend you for following up with the manager, writing the letter to Project Linus, and taking your business elsewhere.

I agree with all said above and would be equally frustrated and upset. I hope the owner reaches out to you with a sincere apology soon. If not, I agree with Grammyp, they would lose my business for good.

Wow...that would set me off as well! You handled it appropriately and I agree with everyone else...they lost your business!

i made three charity quilts last year that are packed in donated backpacks for children in foster care. The charity has periodic packing days, I could not go, but a friend of mine went and posted on IG about packing my quilts along with other members of our guild...we know the quilts met the intended purpose....it felt right!

Is there a Yelp site for the store? People could be warned that their donations would be better steered toward a more...uhhhmmmm....organized pick-up location.

I would never darken their doorway again.

Feel your pain, and you are right! I donated two quilts, beautifully done, if I say so myself. Took them on a Sunday to a nationally renowned children’s hospital.

The security guard (from an agency) at the front desk put the bag in the cubby hole next to her feet. The usual thank-you note never arrived. Haven’t donated to them since.

In my case I had hundreds of hours and significant money in those quilts. You want to know that the intended people benefit.

I actually had the opposite happen this spring. Boss said "Would you take this stuff and assemble a donation to the XYZ Charity Fashion Show for May 25th" which I did. May came...and went. June came. Garment went into the basement. On the 30th of July, Boss asked where the garment for the fashion show was. I told him Charity Fashion show took place in May, I had checked the Internet in June to make sure it had occurred on the scheduled day. It had. So Charity Garment went out with the trash later in June when we paid for the basement clean-out.

Why someone had dropped by the store *over two months* after the event to pick up a piece of clothing for the fashion show was beyond me.