Lost & Found
EDUCATE. RENEW. UPCYCLE.
The Giving Closet Project believes in the power of clothes to bring change. Every school has a lost and found. But not every school has a lost and found that systematically organizes misplaced belongings and actively seeks to reunite students with their lost items.
The Giving Closet Project works with schools to transform their lost and found by providing sorting bins, hangers, hooks, racks, custom laundry bags and more to create a space that is not only functional, but also aesthetically pleasing. The GCP creates a place where students want to reunite with their belongings and upcycle unclaimed clothing to those in need.
Pickup/Drop Off
Bring us the items in your lost and found.
Makeovers
Help us identify students that need our help.
What We Do
Since April 2016, The Giving Closet Project has performed over a dozen Lost and Found Makeovers, reuniting thousands of lost items and upcycling (cleaning and donating) more than 100,000 pounds of unclaimed clothing from school lost and founds.
Unclaimed clothing becomes part of our inventory, so we can give back to our students in need and school communities. This is just one piece of what we do. In addition, we give schools the resources they need to manage a well-organized lost and found area, so more students can easily reunite with their lost items.
Provide Clothing to Students in Need
Thousands of children go to school every day with clothes that do not fit, are in poor shape, or not clean. Thousands have only one jacket, or no jacket at all. Clean and functional clothes are part of the cornerstone to a student’s social, emotional, behavioral and academic success. The Giving Closet Project aims to recycle unclaimed lost and found items, gently used clothing donations as well as partner with businesses to donate new clothing items, in order to provide clean clothes to students in need.
Help Students with Hygiene
Along with clean and functional clothing, students require basic hygiene necessities to perform their best in school. Students living in poverty may not have access to everyday items like toothbrushes, sanitary napkins, deodorant, or soap. The Giving Closet Project provides hygiene products donated from sponsors that are then given to students who need them.
Transform School Lost and Found
Every school has a lost and found. But not every school has a lost and found that systematically organizes misplaced belongings and actively seeks to reunite students with their lost items. As an ongoing fundraiser, The Giving Closet Project works with schools to transform their lost and found by providing sorting bins, hangers, hooks, racks and more to create a space that is not only functional, but also aesthetically pleasing. The GCP creates a place where students want to reunite with their belongings. Any unclaimed items are then donated to the GCP and laundered by Tide Dry Cleaners to be used for other students.