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 Who we help
Even before the first skirt was ever sold, The Clothes Exchange was dedicated to raising money for and awareness of nonprofit organizations working to improve the lives of women and their children.
Beneficiaries
We also help:
- Women simplify their lives by providing a great home for their once loved, but rarely worn clothing
- The earth, by recycling clothing and keeping hundreds of pounds of waste out of landfills
- Other nonprofits and low income people by donating all unsold clothing to charitable organizations
The Hicks Foundation
On May 15, 2008 The Burlington Clothes Exchange raised a record breaking $30,000 for our beneficiary, The Hicks Foundation. founded by Allison Hicks in 2007, who at 29, was diagnosed with cervical cancer. The Hicks Foundation is a Burlington based non-profit organization whose mission is the eradication of cervical cancer in the state of Vermont . Click here to learn more.
Past Beneficiaries
2007: The Visiting Nurse Association (The Family Room) - $25,800
2006: NeighborKeepers - $15,000
2005: Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program (Bantu Women) - $6,500
2004: Vermont Women’s Fund - $3,200
2003: Lund Family Center - $1,400
2002: Vermont Network against Domestic and Sexual Violence – $1,000
2001: Committee on Temporary Shelter - $1,000
2001: Windows on the World Fund - $600
Click here to view Clothes Exchange Photos
Criteria for beneficiaries:
If your organization is interesting in applying to be a Burlington Clothes Exchange beneficiary, please email a one page letter of interest to theclothesexchange@gmail.com. Tell us about your organization, what you would do with the money raised and why you think your organization would be a good fit for The Clothes Exchange.
Applications for the 2009 Burlington Clothes Exchange will be by invitation only. Letters of inquiry must be received by November 1, 2008.
Those selected to apply will be notified by December 1, 2008. |
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