Frisco/Little Elm 2010 

Clothe-A-Child Frisco/Little Elm (CAC) partners with area churches, organizations, individuals and businesses in the community to serve the new clothing needs of economically disadvantaged Kindergarten through 9^th grade school children within Frisco & Little Elm ISD.

The Need: All communities have children in need of new clothes.  Unfortunately, not all families have the means to provide the basic clothing items they need for school - shoes, shirts, jackets, jeans, underwear, etc. As Christians in the community, we feel the call to help these children obtain new clothes.

Our Mission: Clothe-A-Child seeks to address the clothing needs of economically disadvantaged children in the community through partnerships with Kohl’s Department Store, Frisco ISD, Little Elm ISD, churches, friends and businesses.  We want to be intentional in addressing the ever-growing needs of children in the community.

Our Vision: Provide $100 of new clothing to each child in the program through our yearly event at Kohl’s Department Store.  Volunteers (age 16 or over please) are paired with each family to assist them in their shopping needs. 

What is “Clothe-A-Child”?: 

CAC seeks to impact as many qualified families from as many schools in our community as possible. School counselors of Frisco & Little Elm ISD identify children through interaction with the families and the “free and reduced lunch” program. The counselor provides each qualified child an application to be completed by the parents/guardians, then returned to the school. Next, the applications are returned to CAC where a CAC Committee reviews them. Once the selection process is completed, each family is contacted to confirm their children’s acceptance into the program and receives details regarding the event.

Kohl’s and their staff will open their doors early on Saturday, October 9th and 16th to Clothe-A-Child. After coffee, OJ, donuts and instructions, the participating families and their children are matched with one or two CAC volunteers (volunteers must be at least 16 years of age or over please).  The volunteer spends time getting to know the family, assisting them in finding clothing items and correct sizes and helping the families stay within their allotted amount of money. The volunteer is asked to stay with the family until they are checked out, at which time the volunteer is free to leave or help another family shop.

This year we have a goal at St Francis to clothe 250 kids and have 250 volunteers WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

For additional information or to volunteer/make a donation, please contact Jennifer Eckert at scott92jen94@tx.rr.com or 972-712-9231 or visit the CAC website: www.clotheachildfrisco.com