Marc Poitras (centre), executive director of Clothes on Wheels, stopped by the Surrey School District Education Centre recently to pick up 2,183 pounds of clothing and footwear donated by school district employees during the district’s February clothing drive.
Pictured with Poitras are district assistant superintendent Pat Horstead and Sukh Shergill, manager of the district’s Community-Schools Partnership.
Clothes On Wheels provides free clothing and footwear to local families by bringing racks of items to school gymnasiums, where families can shop in a comfortable store-like venue.
This year, the non-profit organization will host 109 school events, reaching an estimated 18,000 people.
For more information, visit www.clothesonwheels.org