Retail Store Upgrade Alert

SAFE Schools:  As part of Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s ongoing effort to provide the best online shopping experience, we are pleased to announce enhancements are underway in our SAFE online retail store! One example of the upcoming changes is the ability to order multiple sizes of a single product at one time. In order to implement and [...]

Back to School Clothing Drive Hits Home Run During All Star Game

The Back to School Clothing Drive’s collaboration with Bank of America during the recent All-Star Game held in Phoenix boosted the nonprofit’s visibility and showcased the bank’s signature local corporate social responsibility initiative. The PR campaign generated more than 15 million media impressions and over 1.5 million social media interactions during the three-week campaign. Coverage [...]

Give Like an All Star, 2011 Distribution Set for July 11-15th

This year, baseball will fill the air during the 2011 “New Clothes, New Beginnings” annual distribution on July 11–15, the same week that Phoenix hosts Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. This year’s distribution, which is sponsored by Bank of America – the Official Bank of Major League Baseball – will provide new school clothing and [...]

SAFE Matching Grant/Online Retail Store Stands in the Gap for Children in Need

Do you remember your first day of school? The excitement you felt showing off your new cloths, cool sneakers, and backpack?  Well, that’s not what it’s like for Shaquille who attends Tolleson Elementary and the 25,000 just like him we serve each year. He faces embarrassment and ridicule because his family could not afford new [...]

BTS Executive Director to present at 4th Annual Nonprofit Business Summit

KGPR President/CEO Karl Gentles to present at 4th Annual Phoenix Business Journal Nonprofit Business Summit, May 3, 2011</b> April 12, 2011 – (Phoenix, AZ) – KGPR President/CEO and Executive Director of Back to School Clothing Drive, Karl Gentles, will present a workshop on earned income strategies for tax exempt, for profit and hybrid social enterprises. [...]

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Teams Up for Schools

Each year the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust awards money to more than 250 schools to purchase school clothing for their students. Back to School Clothing Drive provides those schools with the option to receive a matching grant up to $2,500 through our Student Attire For Education (SAFE) program, thus doubling the money they will [...]

Support BTS and Get a Tax Credit

Did you know that you can get a dollar-for-dollar tax credit up to $400 just by donating to Back to School Clothing Drive? The Arizona Charitable Tax Credit is one of the best deals going but you must take advantage of it by December 31.  This is not a tax deduction; it is a tax [...]

2011 Distribution Orientation Meeting Set

Schools participating in the 2011 Distribution must attend the mandatory registration orientation meeting, February 18, 2011, 9 am. The meeting takes place at the Carol G. Peck School, 5810 N. 49th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85301. Schools will learn more about what to expect at the Distribution event taking place July 11 – 15, 2011.  School [...]