December 2020
Celebrating a Great CO Gives Day!

Thank you for your support!

A heartfelt thank you to YOU - our generous donors - for helping Clothes To Kids of Denver raise a record 
$41,094 on 
Colorado Gives Day!
The value of these gifts will be increased by the Colorado Gives Day $1 Million Incentive Fund and will be put to work immediately to help thousands of deserving students in our community feel comfortable, confident and prepared to thrive. 

Your contributions allow Clothes To Kids to provide a wide selection of clothing and shoes, as well as a fun shopping experience for the students we serve. Your belief in our mission is what makes our work possible.
 
We are so grateful for your generosity!
Curbside Service for Rose Hill Elementary

Catherine Mendez from Commerce City's Rose Hill Elementary and our Program Coordinator Rosy Arnold are working together to fill Clothes To Kids Curbside orders for the entire school through the end of 2020. Families at this school face formidable transportation barriers, making Curbside the best option for a majority of students at the school.
It has been a true pleasure working with their team to fulfill these requests and schedule in-person appointments for their school community. Their note describes the positive impact of this project:
Thank you to all who are working make this project possible!
Sharing the Love

Andrea Scott delivered hundreds of great items collected at the Prophetic Praise and Glory Ministries annual worship conference. We have worked with this wonderful group for the past six years and always appreciate their enthusiasm, support and boundless energy!

This sweet birthday girl collected 43 pairs of new socks and 24 pairs of new underwear as part of her celebration. She and her brother were so excited to deliver everything to our shop!

We received another load of beautiful new shoes from our neighbors at Risen Christ Catholic Parish. This generous congregation has supported us in this way annually for the past eight years.

Jason Mundy, a long-time supporter and volunteer, saw our social media posts requesting young men's clothing and rushed over with his donations immediately. Awesome!

We had a fantastic volunteer group from Kantorei, a nonprofit choral ensemble. They did everything from sorting, tagging and hanging to fixing a broken vent in our shoe department! We appreciate your beautiful music and your generous support.

A big shout-out to Kent Denver School for holding a huge drive-through coat drive. They have delivered almost 300 amazing coats, many brand new! Special thanks to drive organizers Della Patteson and Heather Hobson for all their extra work making this collection successful, safe and pandemic-friendly!

When we received some coats that needed washing and special stain treatment, our Coat Angel Patty Estes came to the rescue! She did a fantastic job and saved some really amazing coats!

The fabulous team from Savvy Realty just finished an amazingly successful clothing drive. They set up four collection locations in Denver, Aurora, and Lone Tree and ended up with so many items that they needed a UHaul to deliver everything!

Meet Caitlin! This Chatfield Senior High student went above and beyond collecting coats for our students. She advertised her drive in her neighborhood, school, gymnastics gym and even her former elementary school. Then she sorted and labeled everything before delivering it to our shop.
Holiday Hours
Clothes To Kids of Denver will be closed 
December 24, 2020 through January 6, 2021
for a holiday break and our annual inventory count. 

While we are closed, we will be unable to accept your clothing donations.

This is the only time of year that we stop accepting donations, so we hope that you will save them for us until we reopen in January!
We will return to normal operating hours on January 7:

  • Tuesdays - Fridays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Saturdays: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • Sundays & Mondays: Closed
  • Donations Accepted: Fridays & Saturdays 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Although we can't accept any clothing donations until January 8 and 9, your financial support will help us provide a varied selection to students in need throughout 2021.
Tax Tip: The CARES Act has changed deducting charitable contributions made in 2020!
Previously, charitable contributions could be deducted only if taxpayers itemized their deductions. However, taxpayers who don't itemize deductions may take a charitable deduction of up to $300 for cash contributions made in 2020 to qualifying organizations. For the purposes of this deduction, qualifying organizations are those that are religious, charitable, educational, scientific or literary in purpose. Learn more at IRS.gov!

Wishing you a happy holiday season and a joyous and healthy New Year!
ABOUT CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER

Clothes To Kids of Denver provides new and quality used clothing in a boutique setting to students from low-income or in-crisis families in the Denver Metro area.
Since 2008 CTKD has provided more than 70,000 school wardrobes to students in need, completely free of charge. Please join us in celebrating our accomplishments and help ensure our continued success in the future. Visit us online at www.clothestokidsdenver.org or call 720-379-4630.

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