Please print the following instructions. Clothing drives for needy Hillsborough County school students
Thank you for your interest in setting up, hosting, and volunteering to participate in a clothing drive for OASIS! All hours, including driving/transportation, will be counted towards high school community service hours. Plus, you will be helping many needy children.
Items to collect in a clothing drive – any or all of the items listed below:
New or gently used children/teen clothing appropriate to wear to school, sizes 4T – adult 5XL (Especially in need of boys’ shorts/pants currently)
Hoody sweatshirts and lightweight jackets
Gently used shoes (overly worn shoes will be recycled)
New hygiene items: toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, deodorant, soap
New socks/underwear (used socks and underwear will be recycled)
Baby clothes and items
Note: We do not accept toys or large household items at this time due to space restrictions.
Clothing drive instructions Decide on a location for the drive
local private or public school
church or place of worship
neighborhood or community
special event (soccer tournament, football game, etc)
organize pick-up of lost and found at local school, hotel, or other facilityClothing drive procedure
Clothing drive procedure Advertise! Use your own creativity to advertise your drive
Create a flyer to hand out or distribute
Set up a facebook event page
Send emails to friends, family, neighbors
Distribute emails through school
Put ad in community papers
Collect!
Use OASIS ready-made bins (email Ginger at gingstubean@aol.com to schedule a pick-up of the bins or
Create your own bins/boxes for collection or
Pass out garbage bags with the flyer when distributed
Place bins in location for duration of the drive, no more than a week or
Collect individual boxes/bags at your neighbors’ houses
Sort! Wash!
Wash dirty items if appropriate and can be cleaned All usable school clothing should be folded and placed in boxes or bags labeled: Boys, Girls, Women, Men For non-appropropriate items (torn, stained, used underwear, t-shirts with race dates, etc.), label Non-school items. (These items will be recycled.)
Deliver! Deliver items to OASIS located at Tampa Palms Elementary School, 6100 Tampa Palms Blvd or to OASIS in south Tampa at Manhattan Center. Email Ginger at gingstubean@aol.com to arrange for someone to meet you there for drop-off. Your community service form will signed at this time.
