Help Us End Clothing Insecurity!
20 million kids across the U.S. lack access to affordable, appropriate clothing.
Join us in our mission to #EndClothingInsecurity so one day all children will have the essentials they need for a safe and healthy childhood.
Gear Up for Baby—Presented by Cuties® by First Quality®
Cradles to Crayons’ year-round Gear Up for Baby initiative focuses on collecting and distributing essential items for infants and toddlers, including clothing, diapers, wipes, and more. Support for Gear Up for Baby ensures that by providing these essential items, Cradles to Crayons can ease the burden on caregivers choosing between paying rent or buying these critical items for the children in their care.
We’re Making a Difference in Children’s Lives.
Cradles to Crayons was founded on the philosophy that unused resources should be redistributed to the places they are needed most.
Families struggling to pay for rent and groceries often cannot afford anything else. Basic items for their children—properly fitting outfits for school, diapers, a backpack, shoes, pajamas, a coat for cold weather—are simply not possible.
Cradles to Crayons’ mission and model enable our volunteers and donors to turn compassion into action and provide the essential items children need to thrive at school, participate fully in life, and simply be a kid.
Find a Local Dropoff
With supporters across the United States, Cradles to Crayons works to fight Children’s Clothing Insecurity directly in Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia and focuses on raising awareness about this urgent crisis nationally.
Since 2002, we have supplied nearly six million packages of basic essentials like clothing, shoes, diapers, and school supplies to children who don’t have access to these critical resources. You can help us provide everyday essentials to local children in need by finding a local drop off near you.
Fund the Cause
Just $33 serves one child head-to-toe.
Financial support from individuals, families, and companies sustains our work year round.
Volunteer in the Giving Factory
We work with tens of thousands of families, individuals, community groups, and corporate volunteers in our Giving Factories and at community-based events to provide more than 500,000 packages of essential items to children every year.
Learn How You Can Help
Host a Local Drive
In households across your community, there are closets, drawers and shelves full of new or like-new children’s clothes and books that are not being used.
By hosting a product collection drive for Cradles to Crayons, either in-house or out in the community, you help get these items to kids who desperately need them.
Our Featured Partners
Our Service Partners
Our network of social service partners is a crucial link to the families and children we serve. We are committed to making our collaborative process as easy and streamlined as possible.
