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How Your Old Clothes Are Helping People Get Back to Work

How Your Old Clothes Are Helping People Get Back to Work

Update: 2025-08-26
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When you drop off a bag of clothes at a donation bin, you probably don’t think much about where it ends up. But at Rebuilt Resources, every sweater, sock, and pair of jeans is part of something much bigger.

In this episode, we meet Maureen Brazeau, the incredible woman behind this North Bay non-profit that’s been helping people find employment, build confidence, and keep thousands of pounds of clothing out of the landfill for over 30 years.

0:00 Intro
2:20 What Rebuilt Resources actually does
7:00 How donations become jobs and training 
13:00 Common donation mistakes
18:40 The environmental impact you didn’t know you were making
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How Your Old Clothes Are Helping People Get Back to Work

How Your Old Clothes Are Helping People Get Back to Work

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