Is your school passionate about giving back to the community? Looking for volunteer opportunities for your students and school? The Our School Cares Program is an open door for students in local schools to inspire positive change in the community.

As an Our School Cares Partner, your school will participate in initiatives and events throughout the school year that support the students Catie’s Closet serves.

Your Students Care. Your Families Care. So You Can Say, “Our School Cares!”

Student Opportunities

The Catie’s Closet Ambassador program offers leadership opportunities for teens while helping students in need and furthering the mission of Catie’s Closet.

The responsibilities of a High School Ambassadors include:

  • Spread the word about Catie’s Closet and encourage their friends, family, and school community to support our mission.
  • Host a drive at their school
  • Post about Catie’s Closet on social media
  • Write blogs about topics concerning today’s youth
  • Create short videos to share on Catie’s Closet’s social media platforms

Ambassadors help build a movement of kids helping kids, one school at a time. This is excellent volunteer experience to add to college applications or job resumes!

Your students can use their skills for good and engage in meaningful volunteer work designed to share their talents to make an impact!

Individual students or student organizations can provide creative solutions to our needs. We seek talent in content creation, social media, and community outreach!

Art/Words from the Heart

Designed for elementary and middle school students, our Art from the Heart and Words from the Heart initiatives allow children to express their creativity and share Catie’s Closet’s mission.

Your school or classroom will participate in these expressive activities at your school and then share them with Catie’s Closet to use in our promotions, programming, and events.

Whether you are looking for writing volunteer opportunities for students or drawing volunteer opportunities for students, these will get your students involved in making a difference for other children in need.

Download the instructions and prompts below:

Words from the Heart

Art from the Heart

School Opportunities

Collecting monetary donations helps Catie’s Closet fill gaps in our inventory and ensure Closets and SOS Orders are filled with clothing children love!

Back-to-school nights, conferences, sporting events, and spirit weeks provide great opportunities to encourage students and families to donate to Catie’s Closet.

Your school will receive a link to a customized online peer-to-peer fundraising page that you can share with your school community, allowing them to donate online easily.

Our team will also provide the materials necessary to host a successful fundraiser!

Reach out to bethany@catiescloset.org learn more about hosting an online fundraiser at your school!

Hosting a drive at your school is an easy way to make a school-wide impact! Your students and families will work together to collect new and gently used youth and teen clothing and/or new toiletries to fill our closets and SOS Urgent Orders.

You will receive a PDF flier that includes the collection dates, the items you are collecting, and the location of the donation box. Students can gain additional volunteer hours using our Processing Kit to sort the donations before drop-off or pick-up.

Reach out to bethany@catiescloset.org to get started on your school drive today!

 

Here is what a few of our High School Ambassadors have to say:

Being an Ambassador allows me to impact and improve so many of my peers’ lives (others my age), which is my ultimate goal as an Ambassador. It also gives me the power and courage to share the Catie’s Closet message with so many others. When you help your community, you not only give others a sense of happiness, but you yourself should feel happiness knowing you have helped others be happier, and by being an ambassador, I get to know, share, and feel this all the time! Helping an organization like Catie’s Closet there is no lose, there are only gains and that’s what I love about Catie’s Closet!

Being an Ambassador is great because I am able to work more closely with Catie’s Closet, and therefore have a greater impact on the children in need in my community. I love watching how my efforts in organizing clothing drives translate to the magnitude of clothes I am able to donate, and it is great to spread awareness so more people can get involved with Catie’s Closet’s mission.

This is my first year working as a high school ambassador for Catie’s Closet. Through my role, I have learned the importance of giving back and giving in general to each and every one of our communities. Whether it’s socks, jackets, or even hygiene products, everyone deserves to feel warm and safe in our city even if their families do not have direct access to these essential products. With Catie’s Closet’s vast supply of resources, children in our city are able to stay secure and protected no matter their own situation. I enjoy watching my school come together and donate large amounts of items to my drives all with the intent of benefiting others who need the help. In my experience, I have learned how blessed and fortunate I am to have myself a winter coat and basic hygiene products that most are in desperate need of. Catie Closet continues to show and teach me how much I have and to never take any of it for granted.