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Clothing Drive, Fundraiser Saturday to Support Westfield Education Fund

Stop by Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Westfield residents should start cleaning out their closets and get ready to donate gently used clothing, shoes, bedding and toys. On Saturday, Oct. 15, the Education Fund of Westfield is accepting clothes and money in its third annual clothing drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Funds raised from the collection will be used to support teacher grants that encourage innovative programs within the Westfield School District.

The donation drop-off will be at , 301 Clark Street, Westfield. All clothing, accessories, shoes, bedding, linens, stuffed animals and small toys will be accepted. Donors are required to put their items in plastic garbage bags, with shoes separate from the other items.

Amy Seid, the co-president of the City Education Fund, said they are anticipating a great deal of clothes to be donated and a lot of money to be raised. The goal is to collect 6,000 pounds of clothes. The drive collected $900 its first year and $600 last year, but Seid said they hope to top that.

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“We’d love to exceed our total,” Seid said.

All of the schools know about the drive and the newsletters in town have been promoting it as well.  At the conclusion of the drive, , a Cranford-based company, which specializes in processing used clothing and shipping it to people in need, will be picking up the clothes.

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“We hope to have it in the future,” Seid said.

 

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