As the year comes to a close, we reflect on the challenges faced by the students we serve—those who bravely navigate poverty, homelessness, and other obstacles. With your support, we can empower these young people and provide them with the essentials they need to thrive.
This year, we’re aiming to raise $50,000 to continue offering our flagship Essential Angels Program and to expand our services with three exciting new initiatives designed to make a lasting impact. With your generous donation, you’ll be helping us reach more students and families in our community. Will you help us create a brighter tomorrow?
The Essential Angels Program is the heart of what we do. This referral-based program provides care packages that include clothing, hygiene items, and school supplies to students from Pre-K through 12th grade who are experiencing homelessness or poverty. Through partnerships with school counselors and social service agencies, we identify students in need and deliver these essential packages discreetly, allowing them to focus on their education with dignity and confidence. Your donation helps ensure that every student can feel supported, valued, and ready to succeed.
Every school has a lost and found area—but what if we could turn these spaces into organized, functional hubs that benefit the entire school community? Our Lost and Found Makeover Program does just that. By providing schools with clothing racks, bins, and an efficient system, we help ensure that lost items are returned to their owners while unclaimed clothing is upcycled to support students in need. This program fosters cleanliness, health, and dignity, and it’s a great service-learning project for students. Your donation can help us expand this initiative to more schools and reach more students.
Clean clothes are a basic necessity, yet many low-income families struggle with access to laundry facilities. The Launder with Love program partners with local laundromats to provide free wash-and-fold services for homeless and low-income students. A simple solution with a big impact, clean clothes mean students can go to school with pride, reducing absenteeism and bullying. For just $14.99 a month, you can sponsor a student’s laundry needs for an entire year. Your support can make sure students never have to choose between attending school and feeling clean and confident.
Food insecurity is a reality for many families, but with your help, we can change that. The Food Locker Project brings healthy, nutritious food directly to the students and families who need it most. Our innovative locker system provides 24/7 access to fresh food, giving families the freedom to pick up meals discreetly at a time that works for them. By promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing food waste, we’re making a long-lasting impact on our community. A donation to this program ensures no student has to go to bed hungry.
Your generous gift—whether it’s a one-time donation or a monthly commitment—will go directly toward funding these life-changing programs. Every dollar brings us closer to our $50,000 year-end goal and helps ensure we can continue to support the students who need us most.
Together, we can create a community where every student has the essentials they need to succeed. Join us in making a difference today.
The Giving Closet Project, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) provides clothing and hygiene products to students in need, elevating their self-esteem and dignity. Our grassroots, organization was founded by a former Duval County teacher in April 2016.
(904) 226-3931
info@givingclosetproject.org
13475 Atlantic Blvd. Unit 8 Jacksonville, FL. 32225
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