Student shoppers took home more than
9,594 school wardrobes
. That's
195,657 pieces
of clothing!
91%
of shoppers left with a full 21-piece school wardrobe.
Our shoppers also took home
24,125 pounds of "extras"
including school supplies, books, accessories and winter gear.
Youth volunteers gave
1,334 hours
, groups gave
1,577 hours
and adults gave
5,503 hours
, for a total of
8,414 volunteer hours.
Thank you for your support!
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Clothes To Kids in the News
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Highlights from the Holidays
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Kent Denver School
held their 5th annual clothing drive and sorting party on November 16. The Sun Devils collected 217 bags of clothing, 127 pairs of shoes and almost 700 pairs of new socks and underwear. Special thanks to
Christina Caulkins
and
Sue Schimmel
for organizing the drive, and to the 30+ parent volunteers who sorted, counted, bagged and delivered the donations.
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Clothes To Kids
was the lucky recipient of the
Mission Monday
program at
Altar'd Stat
e
. We received a percentage of their third quarter sales, a donation of $5,106! Altar'd State is located on the first floor of
Cherry Creek Shopping Center
. Stop by and thank them for their generous support!
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On December 2, our long-time friend,
Betsy Abrams
held her
15th annual benefit brunch
supporting
Clothes To Kids
,
James Resource Network
and
Kenya's Kidz
. Betsy's generous guests donated more than $2,200 in gift cards and checks, plus two SUV loads of clothing, shoes, new underwear and new socks.
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Long-time Clothes To Kids supporters
Call To Arms Brewing Company
collected coats and shoes for our shoppers at their Tennyson St. Holiday Rumpus & Market on December 18. Patrons who brought a coat or a pair of shoes received a $2.00 Core Pint - a great deal for a great cause!
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Singers of the
Kantorei
choral ensemble collected nearly 1,000 pairs of new socks and underwear at their December concert series. It was one of the biggest Undie 500 collections of the season.
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Jason Granger
and the team at the
Infinity Marketing Group
threw a formal holiday party at the the EDGE Restaurant & Bar in the Four Seasons Hotel Denver on December 21 to raise money to buy items for Clothes To Kids shoppers. Top donors were invited to go on a coat and winter item shopping spree after the event.
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Volunteers from
Kaiser Permanente
celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with us on January 15. Kaiser provided $2,500 toward supplies, clothing, shoes, socks and underwear along with many hours sorting, tagging, personal shopping and cleaning. Everyone at Clothes To Kids, especially our student shoppers, very much appreciates these gifts of time and funding.
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Reading, Writing and A Wardrobe
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Please Join Us!
April 18, 2018
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The Wellshire Event Center
Download our
to learn more about how you can help. Giving levels range from $1,000 to $5,000. Have questions? Want to RSVP? Contact
Your gift doubles! Our generous friends at the
Olson - Vander Heyden Foundation
have agreed to match every financial gift made at the Reading, Writing and a Wardrobe Luncheon, up to $25,000.
This is an incredible opportunity to increase the impact of your gift and help us provide 10,000+ wardrobes in 2018!
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48,000+ New Socks and Undies!
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We are so grateful to the individuals, schools and businesses that gave
48,176 pairs
of new socks and underwear as part of 2017's Undie 500 events:
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Stacie Bales Barton
Tessa Baxter
BMW of Denver
BootayBag
Boys Team Charity
Brew on Broadway
Hannah Cantor
CarMax
Central Christian Church
Rev. Reggie Chapman
Ryan Cohen
Curves
Nancy DeNiro
Denver Athletic Club
Denver Classroom Teachers Association
Katie Dell
Di Diamond
Bill Goldberg
Sarah Hittner
Holiday Inn/Country Inn
Homestead Elementary
Leah Huzjak
Lauren Jimenez
Kaiser
Kantorei
Kent Denver
Sharon Kaplan
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Kleinfelder
Kool 105
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
Liz Markowitz
Mountain States Toyota
Jason Mundy
Next Day Valet
Trish Perry
Michele Price
Rebel
Alex Reins
Doug Rhodes
Rose Medical Center
RTD
Sand Creek Elementary
Lilia Scudamore
Sock it to 'Em
Aliza Spigel
Tamarac Optimists
Joey Tharp
Katie Torrance
United Airlines
Windsor Communities
Xi Delta
Xi Zeta
Yelp
Jenn Zucker
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Want to hold your own Undie 500? Learn more
HERE
!
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Save the Date for the Blue Jean Bash!
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Our fourth annual Blue Jean Bash will be held
Saturday, September 22, 2018
at CU South Denver in Parker, CO.
Want to help us make this our best Bash yet? Contact
Valerie Lunka
for information about joining our planning committee.
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ABOUT CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER
Clothes To Kids of Denver provides new and quality used clothing in a store-like setting to students from low-income or in-crisis families in the Denver Metro area.
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Since 2008 CTKD has provided nearly 45,000 school wardrobes to students in need, completely free of charge. Please join us in celebrating our accomplishments of the past, and help ensure our continued success in the future. Visit us online at
www.clothestokidsdenver.org
or call 720-379-4630.
Take a look inside our boutique and see how Clothes To Kids changes the lives of deserving students:
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