COLUMBUS – As it has done for the past 109 years, Charity Newsies will begin handing out new pants, shirts, coats and school uniform essentials in plenty of time for the start of the next school year.
The organization that has provided children with new school clothes since 1907 is filling its warehouse with donated clothing and taking applications at select Columbus Metropolitan Library branches beginning in July.
Charity Newsies outfits students enrolled in public, parochial, charter and vocational schools throughout Franklin County.
The organization has been taking applications early in the summer since 2015.
“Since most of the schools in central Ohio begin classes in August, we recognized that in order for more students to receive their new school clothes, uniforms and shoes before the first day of classes, we needed to take applications earlier than in previous years,” said president Stephen Chandler.
When applications are taken early in the summer, students can start visiting the Charity Newsies showroom to select new clothes in the first week of August.
Applications will be taken at the following Columbus Metropolitan library branch locations:
Saturday, July 9, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Karl Road Branch, 5590 Karl Rd.
Saturday, July 9, 10 a.m. 1 p.m. South High Branch, 3540 S. High St.
Saturday, July 16, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Hilltop Branch, 511 S. Hague Ave.
Saturday, July 16, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Livingston Ave. Branch, 3434 E Livingston Ave
Saturday, July 23, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Linden Branch, 2223 Cleveland Avenue
Saturday, July 23, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Parsons Branch, 1113 Parsons Ave.
Saturday, July 30, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Driving Park Branch, 1422 E. Livingston Ave.
Saturday, Aug. 6, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Hilltop Library, 511 S. Hague Ave.
Saturday, Aug. 13, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Whitehall Branch, 4445 E. Broad St.
Saturday, Aug. 20, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Livingston Ave. Branch, 3434 E. Livingston Ave.
Eligibility and application requirements:
• Application must be completed by a parent or legal guardian
• Each applicant must live in Franklin County;
• Verified attendance at a Franklin County K-12 school (public, private, charter or parochial);
• Valid photo ID, social security card and proof of income
When the application is completed each new applicants and previous clients who have moved since last year will get a home visit and a scheduled clothing appointment at Charity Newsies headquarters to select pants, shirts, socks, undergarments and coat and will receive a $25 voucher for Payless shoes.
Founded in 1907, Charity Newsies has helped clothe more than 500,000 children in Columbus and Franklin County.