From now until January 15th, cefa (Core Education & Fine Arts) schools will be accepting clothing donations towards the YWCA’s Crabtree Corner as part of the cefa Clothes for Kids Drive.
Each month the students (ages 1 to 5) work on a project where the children can express their individuality through their own skills to help others. The schools have decided to work together on a big project this season where clothing will be raised and donated to the Crabtree Corner, a transition house in the Downtown East Side that specializes in helping single mothers in transition and their families. The organization is rare in that clothing is not re-sold for profit.
The students work together with their families at home to wash, sort and fold the items. When the items are received at school the clothes are then personalized with a note and packaged.
You can drop off your clothing donations at any cefa school in the lower mainland. In Vancouver you can stop by their head office at 2946 Commercial Drive.
You can read the CEFA blog for updates (or follow @CEFAKids on Twitter) currently they are at over 500 items donated so far!!!
