RALEIGH, N.C. — As North Carolina stands together in the wake of Helene, Triangle-based clothing nonprofit Note in the Pocket is developing a statewide network to help address clothing needs for children in western North Carolina.
What You Need To Know
- Note in the Pocket is a nonprofit that addresses clothing insecurity for children
- The organization has published a downloadable guide detailing how to run a clothing distribution service
- It hopes it will aid temporary clothing relief distribution centers in western North Carolina
The organization is offering resources to local volunteers who are best positioned to help give on-the-ground assistance to those in need.
“Everybody wants people in need to receive what they need and to feel great about it, it just takes a couple more steps than a lot of people think through,” said Dallas Bonavita, the executive director for Note in the Pocket. “You have to have that network of knowing who needs what. Where do you put it? How do you organize it so that you can do the distribution?”
Note in the Pocket operates one of the largest clothing distribution operations in the country and provided clothes to more than 10,000 people last year…