Good Neighbor Program"I was naked and you clothed me" Matthew 25:36
The Good Neighbor Program helps provide clothing to school-age children in Schenectady County.
Many families struggle to make ends meet and cannot provide adequate clothing for their children. The Good Neighbor Program allows community members to help each other out by donating clean, gently used or new clothing to a child in need. Providing children with care packages of clothing not only takes the burden off of the family, but can also help make a child feel more comfortable and confident to face the school day when they know they will have a clean, weather appropriate, well fitted outfit to wear. How does the Good Neighbor Program hear about a child or family with several children who are in need?
Referrals are made to the Good Neighbor Program from Schenectady County Schools' teachers, nurses and social workers. We also receive referrals from Schenectady Department of Social Services, community organizations, area food pantries and parishes. [Please note that we are not accepting clothing donations at this time even though we have not taken down the below information asking for clothing. New guidelines for accepting clothing donations will be posted soon as we begin to reopen the Good Neighbor Program after the Covid-19 shut down.]
How You Can Help
Do you have gently-used children's clothing that needs a new home? Would you consider purchasing new clothing or making a monetary donation? If you said "Yes!", the Works of Mercy Initiative's Good Neighbor Program is a great way for you to help children and families in your community. |
**Plans for reopening the Good Neighbor Program are being discussed and we hope to have an announcement soon. Please continue to check back for updated information.**
IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING
CLOTHING REQUESTS We know these times have and continue to pose many challenges for us all. We have missed our ministry of providing clothing to children in our community through our Good Neighbor Program and look forward to resuming this ministry. Due to the ongoing concern about the Covid19 virus, we are working to resume operations with some changes that are necessary to help ensure everyone's safety. We are working on changes to our donation, processing, and referral guidelines and will update them as necessary.
We appreciate your patience as we continue to work on a reopening plan that will prioritize everyone's health and well-being while working to help provide clothing to children who need them. We will post an opening date and other updates soon. Please continue to check back here on our webpage often for more information. We are grateful for all you do to help the children of Schenectady in your respective roles. We look forward to working with you going forward. Please let us know if you have any questions. Be well, Kristin & Diane Clothing Request FormIf you work for a Schenectady County school or agency that serves families with children in need of clothing, click on link below to go to our new Clothing Request Form.
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Please spread the word that the Good Neighbor Program is happy to take clean, gently used or new clothing, sizes infant through adult. We are always in need of new underwear and socks and in the winter we also ask for jackets, snow pants, boots, hats, scarves, mittens and gloves. Off season items gladly accepted. We will just keep them until needed.
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For more information Call (518) 347-0871 or email goodneighborprogram@live.com |
THANK YOU!!! to everyone who has donated clothing or monetary gifts to the Good Neighbor Program. Because of your generosity, we were able to provide clothing packages to over 530 children during the 2018-19 school year. In addition to school clothes, many of these children received winter jackets and were provided with new sneakers or winter boots. All received new underwear and socks. Some received items such as bathing suits, sandals and flip-flops and during the winter many warm hats, gloves, mittens and scarves were given out.
Monetary support is also most welcomed as we often have to buy an item or two when our inventory is low in a particular size and a child has an immediate need for that size. If you would like to make a gift today, go to our DONATE page and indicate in the comments that your donation is for the Good Neighbor Program.
Monetary support is also most welcomed as we often have to buy an item or two when our inventory is low in a particular size and a child has an immediate need for that size. If you would like to make a gift today, go to our DONATE page and indicate in the comments that your donation is for the Good Neighbor Program.
Your donations to the Good Neighbor Program matter:
"I just wanted to thank you and your volunteers for your help with our family that needed assistance this past week. They truly appreciated the bags of clothing and we appreciate the time and energy you put into helping families such as ours." (Family Service Worker, Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc.)
"All of the families we gave clothing to were so grateful and overwhelmed - please thank your volunteers and thanks to God for providing!" (Excerpt from an email sent by a Schenectady County Social Services Caseworker)
"All of the families we gave clothing to were so grateful and overwhelmed - please thank your volunteers and thanks to God for providing!" (Excerpt from an email sent by a Schenectady County Social Services Caseworker)
