Donate your pre-loved clothing to those less fortunate
The Shirt off your Back Initiative seeks to collect pre-loved clothing for distribution to the Highway Hospice and the Open Door Crisis Centre.
SUPPORT Neat Freak’s third annual ‘Shirt off your Back’ (SOYB) initiative, which will run throughout the month of May.
Started by Neat Freak’s CEO, Isabelle de Grandpre, in memory of her late father Pierre Robert, the SOYB initiative seeks to collect pre-loved clothing for distribution to the Highway Hospice and the Open Door Crisis Centre.
As Neat Freak encourages its clients to de-clutter their lives and belongings, SOYB is a way for people to do this and help others at the same time.
“We’re hoping that this will highlight that many of us have so much, and that de-cluttering and donating your pre-loved clothing will help to clothe someone else less fortunate,” said Isabelle.
The SOYB campaign also strives to highlight the extremely worthwhile work that each charity does. The Open Door Crisis Centre is a holistic, multifaceted one-stop crisis and trauma centre offering counselling, social services and support groups to people in KZN. The Highway Hospice evolves from the vision that every person with a terminal illness deserves quality, meaningful life during the time that is left to him or her.
“My father was a generous and supportive man who was taken from us a month after his cancer diagnosis. Our family was hit again by this terrible disease when our mother was diagnosed with a carcinoma, and had to have major surgery to remove it from her face. As a family we understand the need to get support from others. The Open Door Crisis Centre and the Hospice are so supportive of their community through their various programmes and we are proud to continue our association with them,” said Isabelle.
Both charities will distribute the clothing to the community via various projects, as well as selling some to raise funds for their programmes.
You can donate your pre-loved clothing at The Highway Hospice, The Open Door Crisis Centre, Neat Freak or Stor-Age in Mount Edgecombe.
If your school or office would like to get on board, please call Isabelle on 082 673 9740, e-mail her at info@neatfreak.co.za or go to the Neat Freak website.
