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Join us as we celebrate our 1st Year Anniversary of the CTKF Store! October 13, 2017

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Join us as we celebrate the first anniversary of the Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County Store!  We officially opened the CTKF Store and began taking referrals and making appointments in October 2016. Learn more about our organization and all that we have achieved in our first year.

Accomplishments

In our first year operating the CTKF Store we have served 540 children (from 324 families), and they have taken home 580 wardrobes of quality new and gently-used school clothing. From January through August 2017, 2,379 volunteer hours working in the store as personal shoppers and sorting through donated clothing.

When

Friday, October 13, 2017
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Where

Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County Store
Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Yerwood Clubhouse
90 Fairfield Avenue
Stamford CT 06902

Help spread the word! Download the flyer here.

 

 

JCC campers and bathing suit bonanza at the CTKF Store

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The week of July 24th was a busy one at the CTKF Store! On Monday, 14 campers from the Stamford JCC came to volunteer with CTKF. They helped to organize all the girls and boys t-shirts, underwear, socks and shoes. They also cleaned up the store and sorted clothing. In addition, they helped to replenish the racks by hanging clothing. These campers are in grades 6-8. They accomplished a great deal in 1 ½ hours!

Also, thanks to a Morgan Stanley clothing drive and over $400 raised from a crowd funding effort, 73 kids received new bathing suits at The Boys & Girls Club at The Yerwood Center. Just in time for Water Safety week, with programs courtesy of the Zac Foundation. Over 100 children participated and many were wearing suits provided by CTKF!

 

Clothes To Kids Corner | Summer Newsletter 2017

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Please enjoy the June 2017 Issue of “Clothes To Kids Corner”, the online newsletter of Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County!

Highlights

  • Runway Ready — Boys and Girls Club of Stamford fashion show
  • Calling all teens…what are you doing this summer?  Volunteer with CTKF!
  • Thank you to our fabulous clothing donors
  • Save the Date!  2nd Annual Cook For Kids Fundraiser, November 9, 2017

Wellness Day fundraiser benefits Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County

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The Art of Control added a little heart to its mind/body programming, when it hosted a yoga and Pilates fundraising event to support Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County. Participants focused on strengthening, stretching, and stamina while working through a variety of yoga, Pilates apparatus and mat exercises. The wellness day event was held at Synergy Health and Fitness in Stamford, with all proceeds going to Clothes To Kids, which provides new and quality used clothing to low-income or in-crisis school age children in Fairfield County, Connecticut—free of charge.

It was an inspiring evening, full of great core work and overall conditioning and good vibes, led by top Pilates instructors”, says Leslie Caney Berni, owner of Breathe Fitness LLC, who attended the event.

Instructors included Art of Control owner Simona Cipriani, a second-generation Authentic Pilates instructor for 20 years, and expert yoga and Pilates instructor Francine Morina. CTKF is grateful to our wonderful partners at the Art of Control!

 

 

You doubled our FC Giving Day donations this year, thank you!!

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Thank you for all of your support of Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County yesterday (03.09.17) during Fairfield County’s Giving Day.  This was our second year participating in Giving Day and thanks to your generosity we were able to raise $5,724. That’s more than twice what we raised last year!

The gifts we received will help keep our racks full for all of the amazing kids that visit our store. At $50 per wardrobe, your donations will provide one week’s worth of school clothes for 114 children in-need!

Clothes To Kids Corner | Spring Newsletter 2017

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Please enjoy the March 2017 issue of “Clothes To Kids Corner”, the new online newsletter of Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County!

Highlights:

Winter Happenings

  • Warm Clothes, Warm Hearts!
  • Host a “Drop Your Drawers” Donation Basket
  • Service Spotlight:  “What it’s like to volunteer for CTKF” Video

Upcoming Fundraisers

  • Fairfield County Giving Day 03.09.17
  • Health & Wellness Fundraiser 05.11.17

24 Hours to Give Where You Live! Fairfield County Giving Day is 03.09.17

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Come together with other donors in the region during this 24-hour event and make an incredibly powerful, collective impact by supporting your favorite local nonprofits.

Last year, our first year of participation in Fairfield County Giving Day, we raised over $2,300. This year Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County hopes to recruit as many individual donors as possible to help us win the $20,000 grand prize for the organization that receives the highest number of $10+ donations from individual donors.

On March 9th:

  • Go to FCGives.org
  • Donate $10 or more to Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County
  • Spread the word!  #FairfieldCountyGives

$50 will provide one child with a full week’s worth of school clothes. Give where you live on March 9th and help us reach our goals!

Register in advance and we’ll send you a reminder email :^)