I think one of the great things about this school that I rarely think about is the clothing drive we have each year. There is a box put in every dorm for students to deposit clothes in. Then these clothes are donated to some organization or to people who really need them. It’s really nice to know that there is something productive and useful that I can do with clothes that are lying, unworn, in the back of my closet. I remember last year, someone changed the boxes fairly often because they became full really quickly. Maybe the clothes aren’t given with the most generous intentions; often people put them in the box just to get rid of them. However, it doesn’t make the giving any less important.

It has recently come to my attention that this clothing drive, a vehicle used to give to the needy, has been misused. One of the most generous people I know donated some of his clothes to one of these boxes, nice things that he cherished, yet decided to give up to someone who could use it more than he could. Apparently, he walked by the box today, and noticed that those things were missing. I myself know the box has not been changed yet; it has had the same clothes in it for the past few days. So, we know that the box was not simply changed out. Someone stole the clothes.

I did not know there was anyone here, at this school, who could be so callous considering the blessings they have in their lives. The very fact that this person attends this college is enough evidence that he/she has a blessing. What this person did was disgraceful, and I hope he/she realizes it. It was shameful and greedy and thoroughly disgusting. I hope I don’t know this person and am not friends with him/her, because I would be ashamed of that friendship. If this person reads this, I hope you realize how wrong it was and do the right thing and return the clothes you stole. They weren’t meant for you.