Founded in 2018 by lifelong friends Tina and Wendy, Our Friends Closet began with a single delivery and a shared commitment to making sure no student feels invisible. Today, we serve over 60 schools across St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington, St. Bernard, and Jefferson Parishes, responding to both ongoing needs and urgent requests from school counselors, social workers and staff. Our Friends Closet is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting homeless, low-income, and unaccompanied students across Southeast Louisiana. We provide free hygiene products, dignity items, individually packaged snacks and meals, and other items...
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Each day, hundreds of students classified as homeless head to classrooms throughout our nation. They might be kids in shelters, sleeping in motels or staying at someone else's house. Many more cannot afford the things other students might take for granted; per...
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Our Friend’s Closet has numerous convenient locations for you to drop off items for disadvantaged students and will be adding more soon. We would like to thank the following organizations for volunteering as drop-off locations. If your business or organization...
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🧥 Urgent Need: Kids’ Coats for This Freezing Weather The freezing weather has brought a heartbreaking reality into focus. Schools are reaching out to us because more and more children are showing up without proper coats — some are standing outside in the ea...
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