Clothing Drive

Caring Crusaders Youth Clothing Drive

Monday, September 18 - Friday, October 13

The Caring Crusaders are kicking off the school year with their first service project, a youth clothing drive to support Catholic Charities clothing closet for refugees. During the month of September more than 100 refugees will be arriving in Syracuse. Currently, the shelves in the closet are bare! Please see the donation guidelines below for ways you can help. 

Clothing Guidelines

• Gently used fall & winter clothing /shoes of all types

  • Sweatshirts, sweatpants, tops, bottoms, dresses, skirts, sleepwear, coats, rain coats, winter coats, hats, mittens, shoes, sneakers, boots, loafers, etc. 

  • (NO socks or underwear. NO Holy Cross uniforms - these items can go to the school uniform closet)

• Sizes 2T - 18 year old (nothing smaller than 2T)

• Washed & folded

• Sorted by size if possible

Keep in mind, please only donate items that are in a condition you would share with family & friends. It saves time on the sorting process. If you do not have any clothes to donate but would like to help out, the closet is always in need of NEW underwear and athletic socks. Consider placing folded items in big reusable shopping bags. The refugees arrive at the Syracuse airport and their first stop is the clothing closet so the bags come in handy to fill with the supplies they need. 

Donation Drop Off

Donations can be dropped off at school starting Monday, September 18 until Friday, October 13 and placed in the school entry way.

Thank you for your support!

Questions - please reach out:

Jolie Johnston - joleswtj@gmail.com

Taylor Clark - tayloraclark@yahoo.com