A box for the clothing will be placed in the Community Lounge this week. Please consider bringing in clothes, shoes, and books!
About the Drive, by Kylee Heingartner:
A refugee is a person who is forced to leave his or her home and seek refuge elsewhere.
Refugees have experienced a great deal of struggle, uncertainty and loss. I am running a clothing drive to help support the refugees who have come to Burlington to seek shelter and a place of safety. This clothing drive is directed at the people of our community. I want to provide the refugees who do not have the means of providing for themselves with clothes for all sorts of weather, shoes for mobility, and books for the younger and older generations.
This clothing drive is designed to ensure that each individual in our community is healthy and comfortable, which in turn will have a positive impact on society when each individual is living a more nourished lifestyle.
Unfortunately, many would-be donors throw away perfectly good used clothes rather than offer them to a supportive cause. Through this project I intend to inspire hope and self-confidence for people all walks of life, to assist them in feeling successful, valuable and dignified. By recycling clothing, shoes and books we are reusing resources that are limited on our planet. This is an environmentally sound way of consuming less and providing more!
Image by Christian Haugen
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