Shoes, Clothes & Supply Drive
Your business, organization, school, or community group can coordinate a drive any time during the year to help stock the shelves and clothe Cleveland’s students. SC4K hopes to make your drive as easy and fun as possible by providing you with all the necessary tools.
Thank you for your interest in hosting a supply or clothing drive on behalf of SC4K!
Getting Started
Before you get started, consider the following:
- Determine what type of drive you want to host.
- Collection Drive - examples include: sock and underwear drives, a full school supply drive, collecting all items on the Most Needed Supply list, focusing on one specific item (like collecting just no. 2 pencils, or crayons, or glue, etc.), or collecting new backpacks filled with the school supplies.
- Virtual Drive - solicit monetary donations online from your group to cover the cost of SC4K purchasing supplies.
- Get creative with the collection! Organize competitions - create teams and award prizes to those who collect the most.
- Choose the length of time and the dates during which you will host the drive. You can run your campaign for a day, a week, a month, a semester, or even year-round. We usually recommend 2-4 weeks.
- Select a location and the appropriate collection bins or boxes for your organization. Observe high-traffic and accessible areas.
Ready to host a drive?
Most Needed Items
New kids-sized socks and underwear of all sizes are always needed. All donated clothing must be brand new with the tags on or in the original packaging.
The supplies that are requested the most includes, but is not limited to:
- Art Supplies
- Crayons
- Glue Sticks
- Markers
- Notebooks (Wide-Ruled)
- Pencils (#2)
- Earbuds
- Socks
- Hygiene Kits
Ready to host a drive?
Promoting Your Drive
Before the drive begins:
- Send out an email, memo and/or voicemail announcing the kickoff date
- Include news about the upcoming drive in your invitations, newsletters and/or meeting announcements
- Distribute flyers to your staff and membership
- Let your community relations or public relations department know about the drive
During the drive:
- Set up a box at your party and/or put boxes out in high-traffic areas
- Have some fun and decorate your collection box
- Make sure everyone is aware of the most needed items
- Create fun themes, such as "Casual Crayon Fridays" to encourage and reward team donations
- Keep participants informed by tracking progress and celebrating successes
- Announce when the drive is reaching its end (about one week prior) for an extra kick
Ready to host a drive?
