Garments Much less Traveled (CLT), a nonprofit thrift store serving Fayette and Coweta Counties, is proud to announce the distribution of $333,250 in grant funding to 56 native nonprofit organizations. Together with this yr’s giving, this brings the thrift store’s complete reinvestment again into the neighborhood to over $8.5 million over the previous 28 years.
These grants help a variety of causes, from feeding households and sheltering survivors of home violence, to empowering youth by way of schooling, and defending the native setting. Each donated merchandise, each thrifted buy, and each hour volunteered at CLT fuels these grants.
“We’re proud to stay a dependable pillar of funding for therefore many native charities,” stated Kimber Huff-Wilk, Government Director of Garments Much less Traveled. “Since our founding in 1997, we’ve been dedicated to supporting organizations which are making an actual distinction in our neighborhood. At a time when many nonprofits are dealing with rising wants and tighter sources, we’re honored to face beside them and supply help they will rely on.”
CLT awards grants in three classes: Annual Grants, Founders’ Grants, and Service Award Grants.
Annual Grants are given to eligible nonprofits by way of a proper software course of with CLT’s volunteer board of administrators.
Founders’ Grants, named in honor of co-founders MaryAnn Cox and the late Joan Velsmid, are awarded particularly to Society of St. Vincent de Paul conferences serving in both Fayette or Coweta Counties.
CLT employees and volunteers obtain Service Award Grants all year long to disclose to an eligible charity of their alternative, increasing the store’s attain and affect.
This yr’s recipients embrace 33 organizations serving Fayette County: The 70273 Undertaking, Bloom, Camp Southern Floor, ClearWater Academy, Crossroads Christian Faculty, ExceptionalOPS, Fayette County Accountability Courtroom, Fayette CARE Clinic, Fayette Humane Society, Fayette Being pregnant Useful resource (Fayette 4 Life), Fayette County Particular Olympics, Fayette Senior Providers, FOCUS, Generations Collectively, Harts of Teal, Therapeutic 4 Heroes, Therapeutic Bridge Clinic, In Ryan’s Identify, Lekotek, Midwest Meals Financial institution, Phenomenal Girls’s Well being, Piedmont Healthcare Basis, Promise Place, Secure Children Fayette County, Southern Conservation Belief, Southside Help, Spectrum Skills, Sq. Foot Ministry, Staff Holland, and The Joseph Sams Faculty together with three Society of St. Vincent de Paul conferences.
To be taught extra about CLT’s grant program or to become involved as a donor, shopper, or volunteer, go to www.clotheslesstraveled.org.
