Instead, they had collected the presents, clothing and food as part of a community-service project to help a needy family.

The men collected sandwiches, clothing, toiletries and hot coffee from other suburban teen-agers.

The agency urges donors to offer money rather than collect clothing or food.

Mama Blazak was collecting warm clothing and cutting it to make things for the child to wear.

It also collects traditional clothing and relics of the past from village life.

So collecting historic clothing seemed a natural.

Ponce: The city opened a collection center to collect food, clothing, medicines, and other much needed items for victims of the earthquake.

Then I picked up a plastic bag we used for collecting soiled clothing.

"Someone collects dirty clothing and linen once a day to take it to the laundry women."

Working out of three garages, the volunteers collected food, clothing, and furniture for needy families in the area.