Drop Your Pants Is Back - Please Help!
Our annual clothing drive to help the DFW Homeless stay warm in the winter.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 1ST - Or please donate right now because your cash can really help and you can do that today. Your cash goes directly to buying clothes for this year’s drive at wholesale prices.
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ABOUT DROP YOUR PANTS AND HOW IT ALL STARTED
Audio From BaD Radio - August 26, 2014 about this very topic click here:
Several years ago, I was made aware of a church named Cornerstone Baptist Church at the corner of I45 and Martin Luther King Blvd in Dallas that is doing plenty of work with the needy of Dallas. Over time, my church up in my community started doing work in many avenues with them, such as a Christmas Store, a food ministry, and a clothes closet.
I had only helped out around the holidays in making sure many families down there were able to provide gifts for their children at Christmas, but was then made aware of the clothes closet through my wife encouraging our family to go down one Saturday a few weeks back and help outfit those in need and often, homeless, with proper clothing.
It was quite an experience, and our family was able to see the real needs that are everywhere if you spend a few hours looking around. One thing that came quickly to my attention was the lack of clothes available to donate to those who are in need. In particular, the lack of jeans for adult males.
Now, I don't know if this is a connection for everyone in the world, but for me, I could think of a stack of jeans in my closet that I don't ever wear, but I also never get rid of because I am a pack rat. I keep stuff because it is too hard to just discard jeans that have nothing wrong with them. However, in seeing these men who need jeans, it suddenly became clear that I have a solution in my closet.
I also am lucky enough to have a job where my audience is largely adult male. I am guessing most of you have waists that are somewhere between 28 and 52. Well, guess what, you are not alone! In fact, someone right now needs your pair of pants that you may never wear again anyway!
Now, it isn't just jeans. I mentioned cargo shorts (but, because of storage issues, we are at the end of short season and offseason giving is not the priority at this time), but I was told 95% of the need is jeans along with shirts, underwear, socks, and basically anything adults would need if they had almost nothing.
I want to put the call out to all of you and ask you to consider to bring by these items to our broadcast at Victory Plaza at the American Airlines Center downtown on Tuesday, October 1st, 2024. The Hardline will be broadcasting down there that day and we would love it if you can help our cause.
So, from 12p-6p, we will have people on hand to take your items and make sure they go directly to the clothes closet at Cornerstone and will get to the people that desperately need them. Please consider doing so!
Please consider a cash donation as that goes a long ways!
We collecting the following gently used items:
Mens Jeans
Cargo, golf and casual zip-up shorts
Long or short sleeve T-shirts, golf shirts and sweatshirts
Winter coats
Blankets
Backpacks
We only accept new socks & new underwear.
Ladies gently used coats
Regular & sports bras
Note: We do not want suits, slacks, long sleeve dress shirts, ladies’ clothes or kids’ clothes. We serve the homeless so think of urban camping-type clothing.
Thank you!