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Clothe-A-Child Prepares to Help Local Children

August 22, 2009

Frisco, TX (MetroCatholic) – Clothe A Child is a community project that works with Kohl’s to clothe underprivileged kids in Frisco and Little Elm. This is an event that you won’t want to miss!

In partnership with Clothe-A-Child are several Frisco and Little Elm churches, Kohl’s, Starbucks, and Krispy Kreme.

Clothe-A-Child Frisco has set a goal of clothing 1500 children this year. Each child is identified by the Frisco ISD/Little Elm ISD as one who would benefit from this program.

Saturdays, October 10 and 17 2009, the children and their families will come to Kohl’s in Frisco where each child will be given a voucher for $100 to be used towards clothing items. Each family is matched with a volunteer (volunteers must be at least 16 years of age or older please) to assist in shopping. At least 800 volunteers are needed to make this program a success.

Ways to Donate:

1. Through your church – Churches in the Frisco area participate in the Clothe-A-Child campaign. Give a gift to your church with “Clothe A Child” in the memo and it will be accumulated with other donations to be given to Clothe-A-Child Frisco in one check from your church.

2. Mail a check to Clothe-A-Child Frisco, 10501 Main Street – Frisco. TX 75035. Please include your name and current address on your check so we may send you a tax receipt.

3. Donate via credit card through PayPal here. Please note that Clothe-A-Child Frisco incurs a 3% fee for donations processed through credit cards.

For more information, contact:


Clothe A Child – Frisco/Little Elm
10501 Main Street
Frisco, TX 75035
info@clotheachildfrisco.com

More About Clothe-A-Child

Clothe-A-Child Frisco/Little Elm (CAC) partners with area churches, organizations, individuals and businesses in the community to serve the new clothing needs of economically disadvantaged elementary through 8th grade school children within Frisco ISD/Little Elm ISD.

The Need: All communities have children in need of new clothes. Unfortunately, not all families have the means to provide the basic clothing items they need for school – shoes, shirts, jackets, jeans, underwear, etc. As Christians in the community, we feel the call to help these children obtain new clothes.

Mission: Clothe-A-Child seeks to address the clothing needs of economically disadvantaged children in the community through partnerships with Kohl’s Department Store, Frisco ISD/Little Elm ISD, churches, friends and businesses. We want to be intentional in addressing the ever-growing needs of children in the community.

Vision: Provide $100 of new clothing to each child in the program through our yearly event at Kohl’s Department Store. Volunteers are paired with each family to assist them in their shopping needs (volunteers must be at least 16 years of age or older please, since we are asking them to pair up with families and their children). Clothe-A-Child seeks to accomplish this goal by expanding its reach through partnerships with churches businesses, and neighbors in the community.

What is “Clothe-A-Child?” : Clothe-A-Child was started in 1989 by Dr. Lawrence Kennedy of the North Church in Carrollton, TX. This program was duplicated at McKinney Fellowship Bible Church in late 1999. In 2003, Clothe-A-Child was started in Frisco and has increased its impact each year. Last year Clothe-A-Child Frisco/Little Elm clothed nearly 1,000 school aged children due to the generosity of those right here in our community.

CAC seeks to impact as many qualified families from as many schools in our community as possible. School counselors of Frisco ISD/Little Elm ISD identify children through interaction with the families and the “free and reduced lunch” program. The counselor provides each qualified child an application to be completed by the parents/guardians, then returned to the school. Next, the applications are returned to CAC where a CAC Committee reviews them. Once the selection process is completed, each family is contacted to confirm their children’s acceptance into the program and receive the details regarding the event.

http://www.clotheachildfrisco.com/

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Posted by George Vogt · Filed Under DFW Spotlight 

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