Recently the Parker team had an opportunity to spend some time volunteering in the Treehouse Wearhouse helping sort and tag items.

For a child placed in foster care, leaving home means losing everything – clothing, toys, family photos – and starting over from scratch. For foster parents, it means trying to outfit a growing child with the $300 per year the state provides for clothing (that’s less than half of what an average family spends). The Treehouse Wearhouse is a free store that fills this chronic gap. Kids can shop several times a year for new and like-new clothing, shoes, school supplies, books, toys, bikes and other essentials that help them feel good and fit in.

We had an absolute blast helping the Wearhouse team reorganize for the fall shopping season and it really brought out the organization freaks in all of us! Teri and Rosanne in particular had a vision for the shirt racks and quickly turned that into reality!

We also had the fun task of sorting out all of the donated Halloween costumes! Boy, girl, teen boy, teen girl, infant, toddler, unisex – fun and organized!

Thanks to Treehouse for having us in and we look forward to the next time!