Catch up on the Latest News from Clothes To Kids of Denver!

December 2023

Celebrating a Great CO Gives Day!

Thank you for your support!

A heartfelt thank you to YOU - our generous donors - for helping us raise an unprecedented $52,628 on Colorado Gives Day!

The value of these gifts will be increased by the Colorado Gives Day $1 Million Incentive Fund and will be put to work immediately to help thousands of deserving students in our community feel comfortable, confident and prepared to thrive.

Your contributions allow Clothes To Kids to provide a wide selection of clothing and shoes, as well as a fun shopping experience for the students we serve. Your belief in our mission is what makes our work possible.

We are so grateful for your generosity!

Denver Broncos Foundation Awards Record Grant

We're excited to share that the Denver Broncos Foundation recently awarded Clothes To Kids a $75,000 grant to support "Underwrite Our Underwear" and to purchase new shoes for shoppers. This generous gift will provide essential items for thousands of student shoppers and allow us to take advantage of buying in greater bulk. This is the largest grant in the history of our organization, and we are thrilled to partner with the foundation to support the health and wellness of youth in our community!

The Denver Broncos Foundation is committed to making a positive impact on future generations by creating a “game plan” for life through youth health and wellness initiatives, dynamic in and out of school programming, and access to career pathways. For more information on the Denver Broncos’ community partnerships and programs, please visit www.denverbroncos.com/foundation or follow @BroncosOffField on Twitter and Instagram.

Thank you to the Denver Broncos Foundation for their incredible support!

Holiday Hours

Clothes To Kids will be closed from

December 23, 2023 through January 3, 2024

for a holiday break and our annual inventory count. Saturday, December 16, will be the last day to make a clothing donation in 2023.

While we are closed, we will be unable to accept your clothing donations.

This is the only time of year that we stop accepting donations, so we hope that you will save them for us until we reopen in January!

We will return to normal operating hours on January 4:

Tuesday - Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sunday & Monday: Closed

Although we can't accept any clothing donations until January 4, your financial support will help us serve students in need throughout the year ahead.

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Sharing the Love

Meet Darius Carey. He's brought us many amazing donations of shoes from his collection, and now he has agreed to help us super-clean our gently used shoe donations. What a wonderful way to help others and give used shoes a second life!

Thank you to our friend Anthony who brought in 332 pairs of socks collected by the wonderful employees at the Denver Technical Services office of Clean Harbors. He's been doing this collection for many years, and we always look forward to seeing him.

Earlier this month we delivered a Community Collection Bin to Renew Physical Therapy & Pilates in Centennial. Thank you to Renew's owners (L - R) Joleen New and Andi Renshaw for collecting donations for our shoppers!

The students, staff and parents at Kent Denver School just wrapped up another very successful winter clothing drive. The Sun Devils collected more than 200 coats and 25 pairs of shoes. We appreciate this wonderful donation and Kent Denver's many years of support!

A big thank you to our friends from Ridwell for sharing a portion of the warm winter apparel they collected from their subscribers. We counted more than 300 coats, plus lots of hats, scarves and gloves. Our shoppers will be thrilled to have so many nice things to choose from!

Betsy Abrams (center with our development director Val Lunka, left, and founder Joyce Meyers, right) held her annual benefit brunch supporting Clothes To Kids, Trauma Drama University and Kenya's Kidz. Betsy's generous guests donated $1,575 in gift cards and checks to CTKD. Such a fun way to start the holiday season! We love you, Betsy!

Susan Gershwin (left) from Montview Elementary School coordinated an impressive Clothes To Kids Curbside order for 82 of their students. Our hard-working volunteers packed the wardrobes in record time, and several super moms from the school volunteered to help transport all the bags.

Our terrific volunteer Nichole Prince (at left with our program director Lisa Maloney) takes her role of Eagle Ridge Elementary Bin Champion to the next level. She recently brought in more than 100 pounds of donations from the bin, all freshly cleaned and folded. Wow!

Our sweet friend Shelly just dropped off eight sets of matching hats and scarves that she knitted for our shoppers. This is her sixth year in a row donating, and our shoppers love her items so much that they never last long. We are already running short on winter gear, and we haven’t yet reached our coldest winter months. Please consider including these important extras in your next donation!

Wishing you a happy holiday season and a joyous and healthy New Year!

ABOUT CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER

Clothes To Kids of Denver provides new and quality used clothing in a boutique setting to students from low-income or in-crisis families in the Denver Metro area.

Since 2008, Clothes To Kids has provided more than 103,000 school wardrobes to students in need, completely free of charge. Please join us in celebrating our accomplishments and help ensure our continued success in the future. Visit us online at www.clothestokidsdenver.org or call 720-379-4630.

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