The Giving Closet’s focus during the back to school season this year is foster kids and high risk youth between the ages of 13 and 21 years old.  They have not been adopted and are about to age out of the system.  We are planning a day of shopping for these forgotten students.  We will meet them at the store and give them a chance to pick exactly what they want to get ready for heading back to school!

Our goal this first year is to help 20 students, but we will assist as many students as your generosity will allow!!

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…to provide a foster kid a back to school shopping experience.

I have observed and have a good sense of the Closet’s flow of donations over the last several years as a board member, and with my wife as a volunteer. The Closet serves a lot of families a day and a lot of clothing items are going out the door. What has been amazing to me is that we have never run out of donations coming in.

We have done a fair job in letting the Vancouver Community know that the Closet exists and once they realize we give out donations (after they are sorted and hung in store like fashion) as they come in at no charge…free for qualified folks, those who are truly in need of a helping hand., they exclaim; “we want to give and do more!” (A lot of volunteers are recruited this way).

Once folks learn the Closet exists they tell their friends and ask “What’s in your Closet?” The need is huge and yet the community by a lot of methods (word of mouth etc.) is getting the word out. The Closet is blessed to have these donations keep coming in to serve the Community in this much needed way. Thank you Vancouver and Clark County!