A 501(C)(3) Nonprofit Organization
We provide school uniforms and coats to underserved elementary students
About Us
What We Do
Clothes & Coats for Cuties provides school uniforms and coats to underserved students in the Cloverleaf and surrounding communities. We partner with the counselors at Cloverleaf Elementary and - both new this year - Green Valley Elementary and Woodland Acres Elementary. The needs of the students are determined and a list of sizes is provided to us by the school counselor. This gives us the opportunity to purchase uniforms and coats for those students. We are very excited about the addition of Green Valley and Woodland Acres this year.
The Need
Cloverleaf Elementary School, Green Valley and Woodland Acres are 100% free lunch schools. Most elementary schools in this district are 75 to 91% free lunch schools. Galena Park ISD is a Title 1 district, which means that there are federally funded programs to enable schools with the highest concentrations of poverty to meet their students’ educational needs. To meet the criteria of Title 1, a school district must have no less than 40% of its students from low-income households.
As of the 2023/2024 school year, the dress code has been changed to jeans and solid color plain shirts due to the financial challenge of purchasing school uniforms.
What We've Done
Clothes and Coats for Cuties provided 125 brand new uniforms to students at Cloverleaf Elementary in August 2022. Right before Christmas break, 39 coats were provided. We will provide uniforms on an as-needed basis during the school year and coats during the winter months. The winter of 2022, 75 coats were donated to the students at Cloverleaf. In July of 2023 we provided 102 uniforms to Cloverleaf Elementary and 98 uniforms to Green Valley Elementary. On August 7, 2023, we delivered 100 uniforms to the Principal, Assistant Principal, and the Counselor at Woodland Acres Elementary School. We want to provide for 50 students at each school. In the future, hopefully we can provide for more students at each school.
In the fall of 2022, we delivered 39 coats to Ms. Garcia.
It is time to buy coats for 160+ students for the 2023/2024 school year for Woodland Acres, Cloverleaf, and Green Valley Elementary schools. Please donate today if you can.
What We Believe
Commitment, transparency and giving.
These three values stand at the center of Clothes & Coats for Cuties. We wholeheartedly commit to the work we do with passion and dedication, transparently sharing it with our community and inviting others to take part.
No student should have to wear ill-fitting clothes to school or be cold because they don't have a coat. We aim to help them feel better about themselves and their future, giving them hope. On top of this, we challenge ourselves to think creatively and think outside the box to make this happen. This drives the success and future of Clothes & Coats for Cuties.
Who We Are
WE HAVE A FULL VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Debbie is the founder and president of Clothes & Coats for Cuties. She is a dental practice manager and she mentored students at Cloverleaf Elementary for 7 years. Debbie also volunteered in a ministry at the women's prison in Dayton, Texas for several years, among various other community services. She traveled to Guatemala in 2012 with Christ4Guatemala. While there, she taught oral and personal hygiene to the children during VBS
and worked the pharmacy in the medical clinic.
David retired from Harris County and serves as a Deacon at Sterling Wood Church. He is on the board of Christ4Guatemala and has traveled to Guatemala four times. David has volunteered in various other programs through the years.
Mary works for an attorney and has taught English as a Second Language since 2009. During the pandemic, she began teaching English to students in Mexico and Guatemala via Zoom. She, too, traveled to Guatemala with Christ4Guatemala multiple times.
Daisy is a practice manager at a chiropractic office. She is a born and raised Texas girl. Daisy is a rodeo volunteer for "special attractions," has volunteered for plays at her church, and was involved with FFA (Future Farmers of America).
Sandy is a nurse for Harris Health Systems, she is a runner, and she loves being a wife, mom, grandma and great grandma.
Photos are in the gallery.
Green Valley
Delivering clothes to Cloverleaf 7-31-23
Meeting the new Principal and 2 new Counselors for the first time. Delivered 102 sets of uniforms to Cloverleaf students. The students at Cloverleaf have been prayed over. The children are blessed.
Green Valley's delivery 7-28-23
Meeting Green Valley's Assistant Principal for the first time with 98 uniforms. The students at Green Valley have been prayed over. Our 2nd school. The children are her heart.
Our 3rd school: Woodland Acres
On 8-7-23, I delivered 100 uniforms to the Principal, Assistant Principal, and the Counselor.
We added a 4th school to receive coats
Cloverleaf
Green Valley
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Ms. Morales
Green Valley
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Ms. Johnson
Woodland Acres
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Ms. Marsh
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Ms. McCabe
Thank you notes from one class
We delivered coats to a 5th school: Cimarron Elementary
We had to deliver outside of school schedule. Ms. Hernandez was kind enough to send us a photo.
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