Spring 2024 Newsletter

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.

Winter 2024 Newsletter | Fall for CTKF this Valentines Day

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!

Spring 2023 Newsletter | Revamping the store for a new season

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

We raised over $9,300 in 24 hours

Thanks to our wonderful supporters, Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County raised over $9,300 during the 10th Annual Fairfield County Giving Day on February 23, 2023. We are incredibly grateful to each and every person who donated and spread the word to friends and family!

Fairfield County’s Giving Day is our region’s largest annual philanthropic event! Powered by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, Giving Day is made possible by thousands of generous people who care. Each year, families, businesses, colleagues, classmates and neighbors join together to support Fairfield County nonprofits and show the power of giving.

Your donations will allow us to purchase clothing for low-income and in-crisis children that shop in our store. We serve Fairfield County kids in grades K-12, so it is critical that we have enough clothing in-store that will meet their diverse sizing needs. Every child deserves clean, comfortable clothing that they can feel confident in wearing.

On February 23 we came together to change the lives of those who are vulnerable in our community. Thank you!

Fall/Winter 2022 Newsletter

Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County (CTKF) would like to wish our donors, volunteers and supporters a joyous and healthy holiday season. This has been quite a year for CTKF! We resumed our in-person shopping appointments at our new location after two years of offering curbside appointments, and hosted “Cabaret” our first in-person fundraising event since 2018. We are so grateful for another year of your support!

Read about it all in the Fall/Winter 2022 issue of our newsletter.

Cabaret, The Fundraiser! A huge success!

Photo courtesy of Fairfield County Look Magazine

We had a great turnout for our first in-person fundraising event in over three years!  It was a fun evening where friends old and new came together to enjoy an evening of food, bidding and theater, and raise much-needed funds to support the ongoing mission of Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County to serve children in need. 

Despite rainy weather more than 120 people showed up for the event on Thursday, October 13, 2022, and many others participated through online bidding in our silent auction and giving to our Donate a Wardrobe drive. Cabaret was a huge success, raising over $36,000 for Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County! 

We are enormously grateful to Curtain Call for hosting our event and putting on a fantastic performance of Cabaret, and to all the sponsors and local businesses who generously provided financial support and donated items for our silent auction and prize drawings.  

And most of all, we are grateful to all of our generous donors who attended the event, bid on auction items and made donations. Your support and encouragement make it possible for Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County to continue helping families in need in Fairfield County. 

Once again, our deepest thanks and appreciation to everyone who supported the event in any and all ways!

A fabulous evening was had by all

Photos courtesy of Fairfield County Look Magazine

News 12 CT coverage of the event

Summer 2022 Newsletter | We’re making waves this summer

Lots of great stuff happening this summer into fall as we gear up for back to school.

Top of the list, the CTKF Store will re-open for in person shopping in September! Kids… parents…guardians…get ready for a fun shopping experience with your very own personal shopper! Kids can once again shop for a wardrobe of school clothing and pick the items that they like best! We’ve been busy all summer organizing, sorting, and stocking the shelves to get ready.

Next up, CTKF is hosting our first in-person fundraising event since 2018. Tickets are on sale now for Cabaret, The Fundraiser. Join us on October 13, 2021 for a fun evening of food, cocktails, silent auction, and raising awareness about kids in need of quality school clothing, followed by a private performance of “Cabaret” by the Curtain Call Theatre Company.

And more, please check out the full Summer 2022 newsletter!

Volunteers were busy July and August sorting clothes and getting the store ready for students and their families to shop in-person this fall.

Cabaret, the Fundraiser. Save the date!

Join us on Thursday, October 13, 2022 for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a private showing of the Broadway hit, “Cabaret” at the Kweskin Theatre at Curtain Call in Stamford. 

We “willkommen you to celebrate and support our mission of providing new and quality used clothing to school-age children from low-income and in-crisis families in Fairfield County. We are so grateful for friends and partners like you who support us throughout the year.

Please mark your calendars and share with your friends. 

Details, sponsorship and ticket information coming soon!