An all-ages clothing swap will be part of Snow Much Fun Day at the Everhart Museum in Scranton on Saturday. Donate an item by Tuesday morning and get a ticket good for one item at the swap.
After several earlier donation dates, around 2,000 winter items for men, women and children are ready for the racks. It is largely women’s clothes, with good supplies of sweaters and holiday-ready looks.
Former model Hannah Radkiewicz is staging the ninth Swap Scranton since the end of the pandemic. “I think people were craving a sense of connection, of community,” she said. She also saw a pent-up desire to refresh wardrobes. Swaps keep perfectly good clothes out of landfills.
Jeannine Luby of Scranton picked up some clothes at previous Swap Scranton events and has already dropped off donations for Saturday.
Volunteer Mila Smith sorts through clothes for Swap Scranton at the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Clothing on Swap Scranton’s table in the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Swap Scranton’s table in the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
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Volunteer Mila Smith sorts through clothes for Swap Scranton at the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
She dropped off a seldom-worn little black dress that doesn’t fit and a midriff-baring dress bought on impulse and soon regretted.
Luby’s previous finds include a Nirvana T-shirt, a white blouse, leggings and sweaters.
“I just think it is a really neat idea and it’s a great way to keep clothing in circulation,” Luby said. Like thrift shops, clothing swaps can turn up good finds, she said.
She tries to reuse things and avoid waste. She cited a Netflix documentary, “Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy,” about discarded and donated clothes dumped in overflowing African landfills. “We are consuming too much and it is sickening,” Luby said.
Don’t bring clothes to the event. Donations will be accepted Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Electric City Trolley Museum, 300 Cliff St., Scranton. The other donation date is Tuesday, from 9 to 11 a.m., at the trolley museum.
Radkiewicz is a recreational therapist who lives in Scranton, has done some modeling and worked in retail. “Personally, l love clothing and I love fashion,” she said.
Only gently used and new winter clothing, shoes and accessories, will be accepted. Radkiewicz and her volunteers will reject swimwear, intimate garments, personalized items and clothes with holes or broken zippers.
Leftovers will be donated to Friends of the Poor and the Catherine McAuley Center; the two nonprofits recently merged.
Snow Much Fun Day at the Everhart Museum in Nay Aug Park is also Saturday. The swap will take place alongside crafts, games, music by Doug Smith’s Jazz Trio, a winter-themed photo booth and other activities.
This year’s theme is Warmth Around the World. The crafts will include styling paper dolls in the traditions of different cultures.
Both events are from noon to 4 p.m. Museum admission will be free from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Back at the museum Dec. 12, the Repurposed Fashion Show will raise money for Friends of the Poor and the Catherine McAuley Center and Swap Scranton.
Local artists are creating designs from repurposed clothing and showing off looks from previous swaps. An accompanying art exhibit will display local art fashioned from recycled cardboard and other materials.
The $75 ticket includes two drinks and light fare catered by Cooper’s Seafood House. The event is from 6 to 9 p.m. For tickets, go to everhart-museum.org.
Both the city and Lackawanna County are sponsors.
Swap Scranton can be emailed at swapscranton@gmail.com and is on social media.
If you go
To shop the swap, drop off winter items in good condition at the Electric City Trolley Museum, 300 Cliff St., Scranton, Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Tuesday from 9 to 11 a.m. Each item is exchanged for a ticket that is good for one item at Swap Scranton. That’s Saturday, at the Everhart Museum in Nay Aug Park, 500 Arthur Ave., Scranton, from noon to 4 p.m. It runs alongside Snow Much Fun Day at the museum. Museum admission is free from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Repurposed Fashion Show, a charity benefit and art event, is at the museum Dec. 12. Tickets cost $75 at everhart-museum.org.