I often work with families who have bins and bins of keep sake items. These often include outfits their children wore when they were growing up from infant all the way up through the teenage years. On some level, I get it. There is a memory attached to the piece of clothing that you want to preserve and one way to do that is to hold on to the item. But I ask you, who are you saving it for? Is it for you or the child who wore the item? From there I would say, ask your child to look through the saved clothes and decide what they want to keep. You might be surprised by the response. Those items that are not the must haves should then be donated to your local shelter.
What would you rather do, keep a piece of clothing that will pretty much remain in a bin for eternity or would you like to clothe a child that could use it right now.
I say take those clothes out of their bins, take a picture and then donate them to a child in need. Here is one organization that does just that. (http://baby2baby.org/donate/)
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