Oak Park Pop-up Product Collection Drive

Oak Park Pop-up Product Collection Drive Empowers Underserved Kids,

Honors MLK Day of Service

WHAT: To meet the urgent need to provide more local children with warm clothing, coats and snow boots this winter, on Monday, January 21 Cradles to Crayons Chicago is hosting a pop-up collection drive in Oak Park and asking area families to drop-off donations of new and gently-used items for children living in low-income situations across the Chicago-metro area.

Nonprofit Cradles to Crayons, which has already provided essentials to more than 100,000 vulnerable local children, works to eliminate the clothing insecurity that too-often keeps kids from attending school and feeling the confidence they need to succeed. On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Cradles to Crayons will return to Oak Park to collect donations at a centralized location, making it easier for families living outside of the city to engage in the region’s growing fight against clothing insecurity. Join the thousands already giving back by supporting this important cause on MLK Day of Service.

Most Needed Items:

• Winter Coats (sizes newborn to adult medium)
• Winter Boots (sizes newborn to adult size 10)
• Warm Clothing (sizes newborn to adult medium)
• Toys & Books (ages 0-12)

WHEN: Monday, January 21 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Collection drive open to the community

WHERE: Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St, Oak Park

CONTACT: Caitlin Blum, PCI

312-558-1770, ext. 129

cblum@pcipr.com

About Cradles to Crayons: Cradles to Crayons is a national nonprofit organization with locations in Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago that provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive—at home, at school, and at play. Cradles to Crayons supplies these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need, collecting new and like-new children’s items through grassroots community drives and corporate donations. Donations are processed and packaged by volunteers at warehouses called “Giving Factories” and are distributed to children through a collaborative network of social service agencies and school partners. For more information, visit www.cradlestocrayons.org.