Do you remember what it felt like to wear your new clothes to school that you got for Christmas? Give what you can this holiday season to the Ruth Alden Children's Clothing Drive. The drive began back in 1935 when they collected dresses for little girls to where, so "no child should have to stay home from school because of nothing to wear." Readers responded overwhelmingly, and the Free Press handed the dresses off to the Goodfellows, who distributed them in their annual gift baskets to the delight of little girls who couldn't have felt more special.
Later on, dresses were replaced with warmer and more durable blue jeans in the Goodfellow gift packages, and now black jeans are the attire of choice for both boys and girls because they adhere to the uniform policy in the Detroit Public Schools.
Free Press Charities will continue to fully support the Ruth Alden Clothing Drive but is asking donors to send their funds directly to the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit.
As in the past, the clothing will be placed in gift packages that include toys, books and games. According to Klok-Schneider, each child will also receive a dental kit, including a toothbrush and toothpaste, donated by the Michigan Dental Foundation. Girls ages 5 through 11 will receive a beautifully dressed doll.
Please keep Ruth Alden's spirit of Christmas alive this year and give what you can to the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund. And smile knowing you made a child feel special.
DEBORA SCOLA is community affairs director of the Detroit Media Partnership. Contact her at 313-222-6895 or at dscola@dnps.com.
Read more and give what you can.
http://www.freep.com/article/20081209/OPINION02/812090328
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