Save the dates! Our 2023 New Clothes = New Beginnings is back at Grand Canyon University this July. We start setting up on July 15, the kids will be there July 17-20, and we’ll move everything out on July 21. We’ll have many volunteer shifts available, including three shifts each day that we have students. Volunteer [...]
Hi everyone. Well guess what?! The St. Patrick's Day parade is this Saturday from 10-12 (same as our Open House) and both 3rd Street AND Coronado Road will be CLOSED! This also means that 7th Street will be a mess. So we have decided to push Open House to 1:00 to 3:00 with no meeting. If [...]
The latest inventory is now posted. Thanks Mary. What do we need, clothes! What else do we need-more clothes! We have 4 months to make clothing for about 2,500 girls. The boys we can fill in with purchased t-shirts. You are doing an awesome job on accessories and we are at our goal for key chains and jewelry! Since we [...]
Hi everyone! Our first Open House for 2023 will be this Saturday and our plans are to have a sit down meeting! Our hours will be the same 9-12 with our meeting from 10 to about 11 so if you would rather not be in a group, please come from 9-9:45 or 11-12 as it will [...]
We’re so excited for 2023! Thanks to Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns Charities, Fiesta Bowl Charities, and BHHS Legacy Foundation this is the year we launch our mobile program. Anyone who has attended "New Clothes = New Beginnings" knows that nothing will ever compare to the experience we can give the students at Grand Canyon University, but now [...]
Thank you to BHHS Legacy and Jerry for their $40,000 grant to Stitches of Love and our lunch today. Jerry's support is invaluable to us and allows us to continue to be creative. Karl had some exciting news to share. BTSCD secured a $100,000 grant from Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns and with other grants, [...]
We have a small number of reservations for our luncheon and we are hoping to confirm at 50. So if the crowd was concerning you, you have until next Wednesday to let me know if you would like to attend. Recapping the event, it will be at the Beatitudes Campus, 1610 W. Glendale Ave, Phoenix in [...]
Happy Holidays to everyone! Just a few things for the next few weeks...... We are going to have a pillowcase kit making day on Thursday, December 29 from 9:30 to about 2:00. We still need about 1,000 pillowcases to cut and kit and I hope (fingers and toes crossed) that we purchased enough fabric from the black [...]
We’re thrilled to announce Back to School Clothing Drive was selected as a Devin Booker Starting Five $100,000 grant recipient! It is such an honor to be chosen and to play a part in his commitment to this community. Among other things, this grant will help us launch a mobile program in 2023. We can't thank [...]
What an incredible year 2022 was! It was our 55th year in service and it was the year we were finally able to get back to in-person distributions! Seeing students face-to-face after two years of contingency plans was lifegiving for all of us! We serviced more than 4,700 children at distribution events this year and our [...]