Clothing Drive

Our teens are launching a clothing drive for CityReach this week, and will be collecting clothing and toiletries up until our CityReach overnight on April 11th! Donations can be dropped off outside Pastor Amy’s office. Please take a look through your closets for items to bring:

USED CLOTHING, including:

• Warm coats in Winter
• Nylon jackets, ponchos, and raincoats for the Spring & Fall
• Sweatshirts and sweatpants (especially hooded sweatshirts)
• Sweaters
• T-shirts
• Long-sleeve shirts
• Jeans, khakis and other casual pants
• Waterproof boots, comfortable shoes, and sneakers
• Hats, waterproof gloves, scarves
• Belts
• Backpacks, tote bags, fanny packs, small suitcases with wheels
• Travel-size toiletries such as soap, shampoo, deodorant, lotion, chapstick, toothpaste, and shaving cream in small sizes. Toothbrushes, disposable razors, and tampons. We cannot share aftershave or mouthwash containing alcohol.
• New white socks (there can never be too many of these)
• New underwear for both men and women, and bras (again, there can never be too many. All sizes, from small to XL needed.)
• Sleeping bags & blankets (clean and in good condition)

DO NOT bring children’s clothes, dress clothes, slippers, bathrobes, pajamas or out-of-season clothing.

Some helpful reminders from CityReach staff: Our guests have to survive living outside. Imagine what you would need… What would you wear camping or hiking? What are you willing to carry for weeks at a time? A comfortable, rugged shirt is more important than a delicate blouse. Large sizes (XL, XXL, and XXXL) are in high demand, as they can be layered. We sort our clothing by item type: pants, shirts, sweaters/sweatshirts, coats, and under clothing. We do not sort by gender. 80 percent of our guests identify as male and almost all of our guests want practical unisex clothing. Please limit your women-specific clothing donations. Having too much of what we don’t need makes it hard to find what we do need.