History of Clothes To Kids

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Mailing Address AND Clearwater Store:
1059 N. Hercules Avenue
Clearwater FL 33765
727-441-5050

St. Petersburg Store:
3251 3rd Ave. N, Ste. 145
St. Petersburg, FL 33713
727-327-7100

Email: info@clothestokids.org

History of Clothes To Kids

Jode-Eye--Marie-McClung

Jode Eye and Marie McClung, both graduates of Clearwater High School, created Clothes To Kids out of a passion for helping children in need. The co-founders incorporated and starting collecting clothing in 2002. Their idea was to create a cheerful store environment where families and children would be treated with dignity and respect and receive school clothing free of charge.

On June 11, 2003, the first CTK store opened in Dunedin, providing 1,200 square feet of shopping space. They outgrew the space quickly and moved to the current Clearwater location in 2005. The new 5,000 square foot store was made possible with generous donations from individuals and businesses in the community who joined the CTK Builder's Club. Macy's stepped forward and helped perfect Jode and Marie's vision of the "department store" look and feel.

In December 2009 a second (and equally beautiful) CTK store opened in St. Petersburg. This made clothing more accessible to families in South County.

Clothes To Kids has distributed more than 80,000 wardrobes to school children in Pinellas County!