Winter 2024 Newsletter | Fall for CTKF this Valentines Day

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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!

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Spring 2023 Newsletter | Revamping the store for a new season

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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
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We raised over $9,300 in 24 hours, Fairfield County Giving Day 2023

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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

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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!

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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

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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.

Team CTKF rocked the 2021 Five Boro Bike Tour

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On Sunday, August 29, 2021 Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County (CTKF) joined 20,000+ cyclists from around the world for the 43rd annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour. Team CTKF rode the 2021 TD Five Boro Bike Tour to raise money for kids in need of school clothing in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

The ten members of Team CTKF raised $15,837 for children in great need.

The Five Boro Bike Ride of 2021 was very special. The riders on our team ranged in age from 13 to 82, quite a spread. The ride was for everyone. There was an amazing sense of normalcy and decency. The spectators rooting us on, the singers offering a distraction from any discomfort, the police ensuring a safe ride, and the volunteers providing nourishment to maintain our energy levels. Though the Ride of 2021 was more subdued than those of previous years, for me, this ride was the most memorable.

Memorable because there was a sense that people cared about the welfare of the person next to them. Everyone was aware of others and wore masks. Not on the ride itself, but on the Ferry, despite the Ferry being out in the open. When I fell, people stopped what they were doing to assist me. It felt like a return to normal. It was relaxing and just fun.