Hey guys!

A really good friend of mine is an elementary school teacher. She has a really big heart, and I'm working on something with her for one of her student's family.

She has a student in her class that has a really bad home situation. The dad is in prison, and the mother is a cafeteria worker at the school. She noticed that the kid was wearing the same clothes every few days, and she spoke with his mother and they are basically in really bad shape. They are about to lose their house, and the kids are all at ages where they're growing pretty quickly and can't afford to get many clothes.

Anyway, I told her I would share this here. I know I have a ton of clothes laying around I am not going to sell or wear, and I am going to be giving them some of what I have. I figured there might be one or two people here who might be willing to help them out too.

I know Marky from Glamour Kills is going to send some stuff to them, I'm working on sending some stuff, and Fueled by Ramen is sending a few things as well. If you guys have anything you'd be willing to part with, or samples or something that you're not going to use, they could really use the help and I know it would make a really big impact on their family.

The kids age and sizes are as follows:
2 year old girl - 4T
11 year old boy - Youth Large or Adult S
13 year old girl - Girl Medium

And the address to send stuff to is:

E. Zaglauer
Symmes Elementary School
6280 Watson Road
Riverview, FL 33578

Thanks guys! It is really sad that we live in a country where people constantly struggle like this.
  • Craig Robson

    hope the little guy likes skulls, im packaging up some of the small samples ive got.
  • VNM

    i'm guessing the boy is gonna make out like a bandit compared to the girls unfortunately. we will send out what we can ASAP.
  • breakingbrine

    Someone else had just told me about this so I just packed up a box of about 20 shirts to give from our company. Hopefully they fit and it helps. Situations like these are terrible to hear about.
  • jimmybreen

    Dudes we are gonna make mom cry.
  • Vinny S

    VNM said:i'm guessing the boy is gonna make out like a bandit compared to the girls unfortunately. we will send out what we can ASAP.
  • martinNZ09

    You know that tingly feeling you get when something awesome happens - like Adam Sandler scoring that touchdown at the end of the waterboy - well I just got it from this thread.
  • Lmerrill

    I don't have any shirts to offer, but i'd gladly donate 10 bucks if there is a paypal account set up or something.
  • Matt Borchert

    This is amazing to see, I'll be sure to spread the word on this.
  • NickThreadbird

    Jimmy, Ill go through the TB office and see what i can donate.

    Like what others said. probably not many samples for the girls so ill just order a handful of blanks from AA and have them sent over.
  • chad manzo

    Lmerrill said:I don't have any shirts to offer, but i'd gladly donate 10 bucks if there is a paypal account set up or something.

    i'm in!
  • iloveantix

    I'm in!! I'll make sure to only send tasteful ones :)

    Also, now I have a place to send my random women's tees (only printed a few of some designs).
  • Lmerrill

    Those kids are going to be the coolest kids in the school.
  • labyrinth

    I think I've got some stuff in YL or S I can send over. I'm in!
  • davis

    breakingbrine said:Someone else had just told me about this so I just packed up a box of about 20 shirts to give from our company. Hopefully they fit and it helps. Situations like these are terrible to hear about.

    x2. sending out a box in the morning!
  • Jake DL

    martinNZ09 said:You know that tingly feeling you get when something awesome happens - like Adam Sandler scoring that touchdown at the end of the waterboy - well I just got it from this thread.

    i'm in, I'll be sending a size small shirt from my brand as well
  • fabianullstrom

    Lmerrill said:Those kids are going to be the coolest kids in the school.

    Yep! Coulden't agree more.
  • Butch the Butcher

    chad manzo said:
    Lmerrill said:I don't have any shirts to offer, but i'd gladly donate 10 bucks if there is a paypal account set up or something.

    i'm in!

    im down.
  • miles to go

    i have a kids 12 tee i would gladly send their way and some other stuff.
  • josh wheeler

    I'm in.
  • fabianullstrom

    Best thread ever, makes me really happy that so many contribute. If I had a load of tees and lived in the states I would send them asap. Unfortunately I dont.
  • Willy Wolf

    This is seriously so rad. I'm welling up over my cup of tea.
  • Craig Robson

    its a really good job jeans never need to be washed.
  • RichardClayton

    Sending 3 Shirts.
  • Tim

    Thats why mintees rules.
    I'll ask some of my friends who live in canada, I'm sure they can send out something.
  • meltmybones

    Package on the way from us.
  • gaunty

    Nice to see something positive on here. I give away all my leftover tee to the street kids here in Bolivia but fair play to everyone who is helping out.
  • AngrySpade

    Damn I wish I hadn't left all of Angry Spades leftover shirts when I moved, I was looking for something just like this before I left so that I could get rid of the last bit of shirts but I had no such luck.

    I'm going to call and see if my parents will send some out for me, I have womens and mens tees. Even if they're a bit too big they'll grow into them just fine haha
  • JoeBaronDesign

    The kid is definitely going to make out like a bandit, but I'll send over some stuff for the girl as well. Maybe some of us with girlfriends can ask and see if they have anything to donate.

    It's good to see the Mintees community doing their part to help out, hopefully this family's situation turns for the better.
  • labyrinth

    JoeBaronDesign said:The kid is definitely going to make out like a bandit, but I'll send over some stuff for the girl as well. Maybe some of us with girlfriends can ask and see if they have anything to donate.

    It's good to see the Mintees community doing their part to help out, hopefully this family's situation turns for the better.

    Definitely great to see the community coming together for a good cause. I'll be sending out a handful of tees for the boy and I found a girls sized medium for the girl too.
  • Sam Kaufman

    Really cool cause and sad to read about situations like this. I'll be tossing in...
  • jimmybreen

    You guys are all so awesome. Thank you so much!

    The girls are going to sit and cry when they see everything that comes in. Ha!

    AMAZING.
  • jimmybreen

    Maybe we can get Cole to see if Psychobaby will donate some stuff for the little girl...
  • Colemadethis

    what's her name. i'll print some custom shirts for her tomorrow. the two year old.
  • chad manzo

    Jimmy, any chance of that paypal thing setup so we can donate either way?
  • jimmybreen

    chad manzo said:Jimmy, any chance of that paypal thing setup so we can donate either way?

    I don't use my paypal for anything anymore, if you guys want to donate, I'll write a check to the family on behalf of mintees and list everyone who donated and their amounts in a card or something -- my paypal is breen.jimmy@gmail.com -- if you'd like to make a personal note from you, just put it in the note field.

    You guys are too awesome.

    Colemadethis said:what's her name. i'll print some custom shirts for her tomorrow. the two year old.

    Her name is Ihana -- but we aren't sure of the spelling, it might be Yhana or something like that -- I am not confident enough about the spelling of it to make a definite statement about it unfortunately. You rule man, I think the little girl is the hardest person to find stuff for.

    I talked to Erin tonight, and she was really overwhelmed about this response. We're talking about videotaping the reveal so we can get mom's reaction.
  • chad manzo

    jimmybreen said:
    chad manzo said:Jimmy, any chance of that paypal thing setup so we can donate either way?

    I don't use my paypal for anything anymore, if you guys want to donate, I'll write a check to the family on behalf of mintees and list everyone who donated and their amounts in a card or something -- my paypal is breen.jimmy@gmail.com">href="mailto:breen.jimmy@gmail.com">breen.jimmy@gmail.com -- if you'd like to make a personal note from you, just put it in the note field.

    You guys are too awesome.

    Colemadethis said:what's her name. i'll print some custom shirts for her tomorrow. the two year old.

    Her name is Ihana -- but we aren't sure of the spelling, it might be Yhana or something like that -- I am not confident enough about the spelling of it to make a definite statement about it unfortunately. You rule man, I think the little girl is the hardest person to find stuff for.

    I talked to Erin tonight, and she was really overwhelmed about this response. We're talking about videotaping the reveal so we can get mom's reaction.

    SENT.:)
  • Colemadethis

    Alright Sir,
    I'll have a package go out today. Test Prints, Hoodies, and Shirts. Keep us updated on this.
  • labyrinth

    Just sent a package out today!
  • N1SJames

    I sent out a package yesterday.
  • GlamourGrenade

    I Have some Small adult size shirts, and some different size blank American Apparel samples laying around, will send them out!

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