Underwear Week 2020 Recap

Thanks to our presenting sponsors, Cliff Mulder of Raymond James and Molina Healthcare, for making Underwear Week possible!

Thanks to all of our sponsors for their support of Underwear Week!

The donation drop-off door.

Thanks to Ascension Borgess for being our Christmas Day sponsor!

A big donation of warm items from Greenleaf Trust!

Donation boxes lining the hallway.

A big thanks to Prudence for volunteering to help us sort donations!

Prudence (left) sorting donations with our Volunteer & Operations Coordinator, Megan Hayden (right).

Boxes filling up!

Our Executive Director, Kelly Henderson, sorting and organizing.

New weatherproof boots donated by Taplin Group. They also sponsored the event and donated coats, gloves, hats, and some wheeled luggage!

We received some very nice and warm gloves this year!

Here’s a sample of the gift bag our members will receive thanks to the generosity of our donors!

Thanks to our Christmas Day sponsor, Ascension Borgess, each of our members will receive their gifts in a reusable drawstring bag!

Underwear Week 2020 was a big success! We gathered over 6,500 pieces of clothing and raised over $28,000 to keep our members safe and warm this winter and throughout the year!  

Despite the difficulties that this year has created for everyone, our community came through for our members. Throughout the week (and weeks leading up to it) donors supported the event online, mailed donations of warm clothing to us, rang the doorbell to deliver items in person, and humbled us with an incredible show of support.

As we received the donated items, staff and our volunteer, Prudence McCabe, worked quickly to sort and organize. Normally, we have a team of volunteers that takes over our classrooms each year to sort and wrap all of the gifts. This year, we lined the office hallway and conference rooms with donated boxes from U-Haul and sorted donations as they were dropped off. Doing so kept our classrooms free so that more members could be in the building and stay physically distanced.

Thanks to our Christmas Day Sponsor, Ascension Borgess, we were able to purchase reusable drawstring bags to bundle the gifts together for our members.

If you supported our Underwear Week efforts in any way this year, thank you! We would also like to thank our event sponsors! See below for a complete list.

Underwear Week 2020 was presented by Cliff Mulder of Raymond James and Molina Healthcare.

It's not too late! You can also make a financial contribution to support the Underwear Party here: