Collect items for our winter clothing and toy drives!

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We want to ensure that the Brilliant Detroit families have a safe and magical holiday season. With this in mind, we are asking our community to donate new and gently used children's winter clothing as well as new, unwrapped children's gifts. Since children grow so quickly, our families are in need of warm winter gear each year. We also like to celebrate our youths' accomplishments throughout the year by giving them a fun holiday gift. We will distribute the donated items at our neighborhood hubs to the families that we serve. If it is of interest to you, it may be possible to support the distributions themselves as well.
 
We are asking that all donations are received by December 2nd to give us adequate time to distribute goods to our sites. We are asking volunteers to drop off the donated items at our McDougall-Hunt which is located at 2706 Charlevoix St. Detroit, MI by December 2nd. We will have a staff member onsite from 9am-5pm Nov. 28th-Dec. 2nd. If you are not able to drop off the collected items during that period of time, please let me know and we can look to make an alternative arrangement.
 
Please consider hosting a drive to collect the items listed below. You are welcome to collect winter clothes, gifts, or a combination of both. When responding to this post, please let us know what types of items you hope to collect. 
 
Children's winter clothing items we are seeking (can be new or gently used)
    • Jackets
    • Snow pants
    • Snow suits
    • Gloves
    • Mittens
    • Winter hats
    • Scarves
    • Sweaters
    • Fleeces
    • Warm socks
    • boots
    • earmuffs
For our toy drive, we are asking for new and unwrapped toys primarily for ages 0-8. Gifts cost no more than $25-30. Examples of great gifts include:
  • books
  • toys
  • board games
  • educational games
  • arts and crafts
  • sports equipment
  • dolls
We are also collecting wrapping materials like paper, bows, and ribbons for us to wrap the gifts once they are allotted to our sites. 
 
Please note the following:
  • Clothing items can be new or gently used, gifts must be new and unwrapped
  • Clothing should be for babies through 8 year olds (the primary age range that Brilliant Detroit serves)
  • We will set up a drop off time with you when responding to your inquiry
 

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