otherwise I've also left clothes on their hangers and tied a big sheet around them so they stay clean and together so you can just rehang them when you arrive.
+ never buy cardboard boxes, always look on Facebook ( maybe craigslist is the equivalent if you are in the us) people give away all their moving boxes for free after a move because they are hard to dispose of.
I think orange skies is such a cool place to volunteer, you basically take a van with washing machines out so homeless people can clean their clothes and have a conversation with you while they wait.
