Our Impact
Working Wardrobe is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to combating clothing insecurity in the greater High Point community. It is our mission to provide clothing to women and children in an effort to help facilitate and enrich their lives. Working Wardrobe is also committed to providing educational opportunities that will help participants develop the tools necessary to succeed in the work environment.
Pop-Up Clothing Donation Shops
The primary charitable efforts of Working Wardrobe focus on combating clothing insecurity in the greater High Point community by providing appropriate attire to both women and children. To accomplish the goal of providing clothing to women in need, we collect clothing from both individual and corporate donors. We have them cleaned and mended, then distribute the clothing at donation events that take the form of “pop-up shops” at our non-profit community partner locations. We will work directly with the staff of the non-profit partner to schedule appointments for some of their female clients who are most in need of professional attire. On the scheduled appointment date Working Wardrobe’s van and volunteers arrive with an assortment of clothing in the appropriate sizes. We help clients select and pair workwear that they leave with free of charge.
Filling School Clothing Pantries
To accomplish the goal of providing clothing to youth, we collect attire from both individual and corporate donors. Once clean, mended, and sorted, Working Wardrobe volunteers donate the collected clothes to the clothing pantries of each of the Title 1 schools in Guilford County. In order to assist the ongoing efforts to clothe children in the greater High Point community, we will focus on schools that are not already being supported by organizations such as Communities in Schools. Research shows that more than 20 million children in the United States are currently growing up without basic essentials like clothing, shoes, diapers, and school supplies. Further, two in every five American children are unable to adequately dress themselves each day, and “lack of clothing” accounts for three of the top ten reasons students miss school. Thus, we are passionate about supporting youth by supplementing established clothing pantries at the schools within Guilford County (which includes the cities of Gibsonville, Greensboro, High Point, Jamestown, Oak Ridge, Pleasant Garden, Sedalia, Stokesdale, Summerfield, and Whitsett).
Educational Workshops
At Working Wardrobe, we believe in the power of education to empower, and therefore an additional goal of Working Wardrobe is to provide educational opportunities to the female clients of our donation efforts, as well as students who were recipients of our children’s clothing donation efforts. These educational opportunities are designed to help participants develop the tools necessary to succeed in the work environment and by extension facilitate and enrich their lives. We anticipate organizing a series of educational workshops to facilitate professionalism and economic independence. These free classes will focus on topics such as employment etiquette, financial literacy, internet proficiency, interpersonal communication, leadership skills, project management skills, resume writing, and work/life balance.
