In-Kind Partnership
Why Partner with Cradles to Crayons?
To fulfill thousands of children’s needs across Massachusetts every year, Cradles to Crayons relies on a community that shares our commitment to ending Clothing Insecurity and meeting children’s basic needs. Many of the essential items we provide are difficult to source in large enough quantities to meet every child’s urgent needs, leaving their health and safety at risk.
Thanks to our partnerships with like-minded, mission-driven organizations, we reliably receive an incredible number of essential items that allow us to make a critical difference in children’s everyday lives and meet seasonal needs.
We’re proud to offer exclusive benefits to our In-Kind Partner organizations, which include great public visibility and access to Cradles to Crayons’ signature events.
Partner Spotlights
Hope & Comfort is the only non-profit in Massachusetts that exclusively focuses on the distribution of hygiene essentials. This organization supports health, dignity, and confidence, which leads to increased school attendance and employment. With so much synergy between our missions, Cradles to Crayons and Hope & Comfort have successfully worked together since 2016 to facilitate the distribution of hygiene essentials to children across the state. Last year alone, Hope & Comfort supplied Cradles to Crayons with 72,110 hygiene items, accounting for 89% of our entire distribution. This generous gift allows us to expand our work with school districts and social service partners, in addition to providing engagement for volunteers who kit hygiene items by specific age ranges.
Cocotree Kids is a Massachusetts-based non-profit with a compatible mission to Cradles to Crayons, collecting and distributing new underwear to at-risk youth in Massachusetts. Since their founding in 2021, Cradles to Crayons has partnered with Cocotree Kids specifically in support of our Seasonal Essentials Delivered program, which provides critical supplies to 9 school districts across the state. Cocotree Kids supplies all of the underwear inventory to power this program in addition to our general distributions, which amount to 65,568 pairs, serving 13,100 kids annually.
Delivering Good connects individuals and families in need with new products that open doors to hope, dignity, and opportunity. This winter, Cradles to Crayons received 3,624 brand-new winter coats from this high impact organization. This generous gift arrived at the perfect time, and allowed us to increase our number of coat partnerships, helping to keep thousands of children warm throughout the harsh New England winter.
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