For three years now, OVS (previously Charles Vögele) has teamed up with TEXAID to allow shoppers to drop off their used textiles in OVS fashion stores.

Customers can bundle up their old clothes and hand them in while shopping at an OVS branch. OVS gives all the clothes from its collection points to TEXAID, who then ensures they are recycled in an ecological manner. OVS receives a contribution from TEXAID for all the clothes it collects, and this money goes directly to the Theodora Children’s Charity. The goal of the Theodora Children’s Charity is to fill the everyday lives of children in hospital and specialist care centres with moments of laughter and joy. This undertaking obtains the financial support it needs thanks to efforts such as the collaboration between TEXAID and the clothing company OVS.

Find out more in this OVS Magazine article (in German).