When my younger sister passed away, she left me bins and bins of her clothes – more than I could ever wear in a year (she loved to shop)! As I went through her clothes, some even had tags; I thought about how much I would love to give them to someone in the community rather than the thrift store. I also received clothes from others in the church who no longer were wearing them, and our daughter was growing out of her clothes. So I thought about taking all these items I had and turning our church into a “storefront” so members of our community could take what they needed, and we would call it Clothing Cascade. I ran the idea by Pastor Richard, and he loved it, so it began!

In August 2022 and 2023, we transformed the church into a clothing store, full of clothes from top to bottom, for one week. We served well over 200 people and gave away over 2,000 articles of clothes each year.

At the end of 2023, a member donated a shed to the church to store all the leftover clothes. Over time, people in the community would reach out and see if we had a coat or boats for winter. We decided to open the shed up and pull a few items out once a month. As word got out and the need spread, we opened The Closet weekly, serving community members with much-needed clothing during the winter. During summer, The Closet is open on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays through September, allowing us to pull many more items out for people to browse through and take what they need or want.

With the Closet, we have been able to supply the needs of those in our community year-round instead of just one week a year. This would not have been possible without God, our volunteers, and the generous donations from those in our community. Thanks to your support, hundreds of families have received much-needed items for free.

Come winter, the weather will limit the items we can take out of the Closet, and we will change our days and hours again. Follow us on Facebook for the latest updates.