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 [...]

BTS Executive Director selected as a 2011 Piper Fellow

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust has named its 11th class of Piper Fellows—leaders that work daily on the frontlines to improve quality of life for people in Maricopa County’s diverse communities. Along with Back to School Clothing Drive’s Executive Director Karl Gentles, the Fellows are: Barbara Fenster, executive director, Free Arts for Abused Children of [...]

Steer Tax Dollars to BTS with the Working Poor Tax Credit!

The Arizona Charitable (or Working Poor) Tax Credit allows you to receive a dollar-for-dollar credit of up to $400 (married filing jointly) on your state income tax when you donate to Back-To-School Clothing Drive. That means you can help us provide new school clothes and supplies to high-need children throughout Arizona … and it may not cost you [...]

Back to School Feels the “Love” at 2011 Gala

Evidence that change is good abounded at Back to School Clothing Drive’s 2011 fundraising dinner, “The Stitches of Love Gala,” where more than 330 supporters helped the nonprofit provider of school clothes and uniforms raise a record $287,000 at the revamped event. A new venue, a professional auctioneer and lavish live-auction items were some of [...]

Our Gala is Oct. 15 … peek at some awesome auction items!

The 2011 Stitches of Love Gala is less than two weeks away! We hope you join us Saturday, October 15, at the JW Marriott Resort at Desert Ridge for family-friendly cowboy games, live and silent auctions, a fashion show, and lots of fun and excitement. Individual seats are $100 and tables of 10 are $1,000 and come with [...]

You Are Invited to the Stitches of Love Gala

A Night of Denim and Diamonds

Thank you for making our Open House a success!

At last night’s Open House we officially unveiled our new office  — and we want to thank everyone who stopped by! It is exciting for us to have a single space that is able to house our daily operations, Stitches of Love materials and workshops, and board meetings. Having such a large number of our top supporters [...]

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 [...]

$58,000 Raised During Telethon!

Thanks to all who called in and made a donation during the recent CBS 5 telethon benefiting Back to School Clothing Drive. As a major sponsor CBS 5 continues its support by featuring our organization in its Pay it Forward program running through August 28.

Another Great Day at Distribution!

On day two of the “New Clothes, New Beginnings” distribution, 400 awesome volunteers served more than 1,100 grateful children from the Glendale, Alhambra, Balsz, Washington, and Wilson school districts. Everyone had a lot of fun and we are looking forward to doing it again tomorrow on BHHS Legacy Foundation Day. Don’t forget that our VIP reception [...]

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