In Person: Warm Clothing Drive & Hands-On Help at The Open Shelter 1.14.23

Who this In Person Event is for:

Ages 4-12. Adult caregivers are required to accompany child participants. Siblings of participants outside this age range are welcome, but may find the event to be less meaningful and fulfilling.

What you'll be doing:

Seeds of Caring is excited to partner with The Open Shelter to help ensure everyone is warm and properly clothed for another cold Ohio winter. Families will have the opportunity to explore Seeds of Caring's "Imagine If..." book, growing in empathy and compassion for our unhoused neighbors. We will hear from a speaker from The Open Shelter, tour the facility, assemble Keep Warm Kits, sort donations, and get our helping hands busy with other hands-on tasks that allow The Open Shelter to continue to support their guests.

COVID-19 Protocol for In Person Events:

Please review our COVID-19 Protocol for In Person Programming before registering for this event.

Specific Instructions:

All supplies will be provided.

Donations of gently used adult and children coats, gloves, scarves, hats, and new warm socks are desired. We encourage families to consider conducting a donation drive with flyers (provided in your confirmation email) to collect additional donations from friends, family members, groups, social media contacts, etc. Bring the donations to the event.

Why you'll be asked to pay a supply fee and donate:

On the next page you'll be asked to pay a fee to offset supply costs for this event. These fees are non-refundable. If you have to cancel your registration later, please know that your fee will go toward our efforts to create more meaningful service-focused programs.

Every time we're able to design, coordinate, and offer an opportunity for kids to give back, it's with the help of supporters like you. Please consider making a generous gift to help us continue to empower kids to create a kinder community with their hearts, hands, and minds.

We never want supply fees to prevent someone from participating in a Seeds of Caring project. If you would like assistance covering your supply fees, please email [email protected] and we will register you for free, no questions asked.

Host or Publisher Seeds of Caring