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November 2025

6 Simple Ways to Support Clothes To Kids of Denver Before the Holidays

1) Your year-end contribution goes further when you make your Colorado Gives Day gift early. Any donation made today through December 9 increases our share of the $1 Million+ Incentive Fund. The more you donate, the more we will receive from this special “bonus” fund.

2) Want to double your impact? When you establish a new monthly recurring donation between now and December 9, the Colorado Gives Foundation will match your first monthly donation up to $100. With $250K in matching funds available statewide, now is the best time to give monthly. Click here to set up your recurring donation today!

3) After a record-breaking fall shopping season (more than 4,600 students have shopped with us in the past three months alone!), we are in dire need of clean and ready-to-wear clothing and shoes. We welcome donations Tuesdays - Saturdays between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, or by appointment. Check our updated Clothing & Shoe Donation page for a list of the items we accept and our greatest needs.

4) Our Friends of Clothes To Kids of Denver group cordially invites you to their Jewelry Bazaar With Friends this Sunday, November 9 at the Clothes To Kids boutique. Drop by to get a jump on your holiday shopping and enjoy the Clothes To Kids community! Click HERE to RSVP.

5) This one is free! We receive a portion of your King Soopers purchases when you link your SooperCard account to Clothes To Kids. Click here to reach the Community Rewards search screen (create an online King Soopers account first, if needed) and enter our account number GV047 or name Clothes To Kids of Denver. Click the blue "Enroll" button and you're ready to shop.

6) Doing some holiday shopping on Amazon? While you're there, consider sending our shoppers some love using our Amazon Wish List. The items on this list are always in demand and are a great way to support our mission. Even better, your purchases ship directly to our boutique.

Celebrating a Stellar Staff Member

Dear Clothes To Kids Community,

It is with mixed emotion that I share with you that Valerie Lunka, our Development Director, will be leaving Clothes To Kids of Denver at the end of 2025.

For more than 11 years, Val has been the face of our organization, first as the Development Director, then as both Executive and Development Director for four years, and then back as Development Director for the last two years. During her time with us, she raised significant funds for our program, led the charge to elevate the store space with new flooring and lights, and brought hundreds (maybe even thousands!) of people into our family of supporters. The organization simply would not be where it is today without her dedication to and love for Clothes To Kids.

Val will be taking time off to travel and spend time with her family, in both South Dakota and South Carolina – but she promises that she will remain connected to us and we will be sure to hold her to it! We will honor her contributions at our Holiday Volunteer Appreciation event at the store on Thursday, December 11 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Mark your calendars and come celebrate Val and all of our volunteers who make Clothes To Kids such a special place.

We are conducting a search to fill the role of Development Director. If you or someone you know may be interested in this role, please contact me at the email address below.

We will miss Val immeasurably, are extremely excited for her next chapter, and are unbelievably grateful for all she has contributed. See you on December 11!

Kathleen Phillips

kathleen@clothestokidsdenver.org

Stand Out Service

Our friends from Ridwell shared a large portion of their Winter Warmth collection from their subscribers. They brought us two van loads of coats, hats, scarves and gloves. These items are a constant need for us this time of year (hint, hint!), and our shoppers will be thrilled to have so many nice things to choose from.

A great volunteer group from Spinnaker Support helped us process the big coat donation from Ridwell along with a shoe donation from Just Between Friends. They also made a sizable dent in the "to be sorted" pile and assisted shoppers. Thank you for helping us so much in so many different ways.

Our friend Xavier collected donations from his friends and neighbors to express his appreciation for the opportunity he had to model in our Reading, Writing and a Wardrobe luncheon fashion show this past spring. We loved his sweet thank you note!

Thank you to this awesome group of students from St. Mary's Academy who helped us restock the store after an especially busy day. They brought a great attitude and some stellar organizational skills. St. Mary's volunteer groups have been serving at Clothes To Kids since we were founded in 2008, and they never disappoint.

Kai Sokso has been volunteering with us since 2012 and we can always count on him for help when there is heavy lifting to do. Most recently, he picked up a HUGE donation from the Just Between Friends sale. We still aren't quite sure how he was able to fit in the car with so many items!

A huge thank you to our sweet friend Charlene Andrew for her 9th annual donation of crocheted hats. We counted 200 this year...one of her largest donations ever. Charlene spends an entire year making these for our fall and winter shoppers, who are always so excited to have something so beautiful and thoughtfully handmade to wear.

A great group of high school seniors from the Colorado Dream Foundation helped sort donations and restock the shop. At the end of their volunteer service, they had the opportunity to shop for themselves and all picked out some stylish fall pieces. They're already eager to return and volunteer again soon.

We were very excited to be the recipient of the coat drive held at the Special Olympics Colorado Youth Summit. We received more than 120 great coats and met some wonderful new supporters.

We had a lot of fun working with this small yet mighty volunteer crew from the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation when they came in to volunteer. They expertly processed a whole bin of shoes and organized them in our stockroom. The IICF also provided Clothes To Kids with grant funding the last two years. Thank you for your service and financial support.

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 nearly 132,000 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 https://clothestokidsdenver.org or call 720-379-4630.

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