Rotating clothing swaps, multiple co-hosts

Works-in-Progress is not just a name, it is a philosophy. every time we do an event we reassess and try new things. So this fall, we are teaming up with two schools we have worked with before as well as a new group, Building Roots, based in Moss Park/Cabbagetown to do three clothing drives/swap events in a row.  The idea is to solicit donations and host swaps in three neighbourhoods and set up a Winter Free shop in a fourth, in a school that has high turnover and many new Canadians who need winter clothes. So the donations will culminate in a swap and sort event in each community, with the good bits split between the Winter Free Shop and some kept to seed the next swap event in a different community.

Will let you know how it works out. the donations start this week at Vaughan Road Academy at 529 Vaughan Rood, and there will be swaps around buy nothing day (end of November) on December 14 for the holidays, and a new year swap where people can donate their old clothes after getting new gifts.