Newsletters

Wishing holiday joy to all of our incredible supporters and donors! Their generosity has strengthened our community. Each year, more families walk through the doors of our store seeking help, and each year the need grows. Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County is optimistic that with our amazing partners, the positive impact for kids and the community will be even greater in 2026.

Community Partner Roundup

• Fairfield University Women’s D1 Rowing Team Dedicated their NCAA Day of Service to CTKF. Thirty-two members of the team volunteered to sort through and organize over 2,000 units of new clothing donated by PacSun.
• Weston teen Leia hosted a shopping and clothing drive event. She partnered with the women’s clothing brand Ba&sh, which generously donated 10% of sales.
• WEST of Westport, graciously donated a portion of sales from their “Shop & Support” Event.
• La Source of Westport generously donated a portion of sales from their “Shop for a Cause” Event.
• Salon Dada of Westport became a new seasonal donation drop off location for clothing and shoe donations.
• Students from the Riverside School of Greenwich organized their annual clothing drive for CTKF, collecting over 45 bags and boxes of clothing.
• PacSun, the well-known clothing brand, went above and beyond, and sent dozens of boxes of clothing donations to CTKF.
• Students and parents from Newfield School of Stamford worked together to organize over 45 bags of clothing donations.

Spotlight: SASO Partners with CTKF for Ongoing Project

We are happy to share that SASO (Student Athletes Serving Others), a Fairfield-based mom-and-daughter service organization, has chosen CTKF as an ongoing partner! SASO’s mission is to inspire girls and their mothers to lead through service, creating positive change in local communities. We look forward to this new partnership and the great things we can accomplish together for our community.

Welcome to the Clothes To Kids Corner Newsletter, where we update you on events, resources, and our latest news to support strong and independent kids in Fairfield County!

Highlights in this issue:

• Shopping appointments resume September 2, just in time for back-to-school!
• The awesome power of teen volunteers.
• Partnering with Filling in the Blanks, a local non-profit that fights childhood hunger by providing children in need with meals on the weekends.
• CTKF Fall Backpack Drive!

New season, new us (but same wonderful mission)! We had quite a busy start to 2025, as we faced an unexpected bump in the road. In early January the Lathon Wider Community Center closed due to flooding in the building, so we were left without a store for shopping!

We cannot thank our amazing volunteers enough for their dedication and efforts toward relocating, all to get ready in time for a spring reopening for our shoppers.

• CTKF Store moves to temporary new location at the DOMUS building in Stamford
• Comedy Club “Stand Up For Clothes To Kids” event raised $14,000!
• CTKF partners with local non-profit Filling in the Blanks to expand our outreach to more families
• Fred clothing store in Westport donates 10% of sales during event
• And much more!

Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County (CTKF) has been very busy this summer getting ready to reopen its store for personal shopping appointments. After taking a brief pause the past month to reorganize the store for the fall, CTKF is resuming appointments on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.

Inside the Summer newsletter:

• Stamford Twins Sell Lemonade to Benefit CTKF
• Greystar Apartments Gives Back
• Summer Interns Make An Impact
• CTKF’s Volunteer Michael Shares His Experience
• Save the Date! Comedy Show Fundraiser, October 7, 2024
• Save the Date! Join our team and ride the 2025 Five Boro Bike Tour in NYC, May 4, 2025

Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County (CTKF) is grateful to have the support of our donors and volunteers as we get ready for a new season! Summer is a favorite time of year for so many children. To be able to provide families with summer clothing for their children that not only keeps them cool on hot days, but is clean and fits them properly, means so much.

Your generous support allows CTKF to distribute shorts, tank tops, t-shirts, dresses, sandals and new bathing suits to children whose families cannot afford to purchase them. CTKF cannot fulfill every child’s clothing needs without your continued help! Season after season, we rely on your support to serve the children in our community. Please consider donating to make a child’s summer a little brighter this year.

With Valentine’s Day on February 14th and Random Acts of Kindness Day on February 17th, this is the perfect time to show some love for your Community! With the help of our volunteers and donations from our supporters, Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County (CTKF) is able to operate a boutique clothing store for children financially eligible and/or in crisis, to shop, twice a year, free of charge. If it weren’t for your generosity, CTKF would not be able to touch the lives of so many children and families in need. CTKF is a volunteer-run organization, so every dollar you donate goes to benefit the children we serve.

Please spread kindness and your support this month, and share this message with friends, co-workers and family. The greater our reach, the greater our impact. Every bit of kindness counts. There is no gift sweeter than changing a child’s life!

It’s that time of year again, summer is ending and a new school year begins. Read about our new student internship program, our incredible student volunteers, and our wonderful individual donors and donor organizations. It takes a village!

CTKF is thrilled to welcome spring and your support is needed as we revamp the store for a new season. We anticipate this to be one of our busiest years yet, as the number of children registering to shop in our store continues to rise.

Spring Issue highlights:

• St. Luke’s Students Celebrate the Memory of Classmate Jordan Robinson & Donate Clothing to CTKF
• Volunteer Spotlight: 7th grade student Stella
• Join Team CTKF and ride the TD Five Boro Bike Tour in May