Delivering Good, Inc.

Delivering Good seeks to alleviate the effects of poverty and homelessness by supporting social service agencies and homeless shelters across the country with donations of new clothes, shoes, books and other essentials to help children and families in need.

Poverty affects children on many levels, reading being no exception. Children who come from low-income families suffer from a reading proficiency gap compared to their high-income counterparts. Children who have their own books at home have a better chance of learning to read and doing better in school. The K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers Literacy Program provides new, clean and age-appropriate books to children in need who have low reading levels and who require encouragement in the love of reading. Delivering Good provides children with their own new books to motivate them to read, to improve their literacy skills, and to build a bridge between school, after-school and home reading.

Children who grow up in an abusive home are often left with learning delays and both behavioral and health problems due to the crisis environment in which they live day to day. One of the agencies that K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers supports is the Center Against Domestic Violence in Brooklyn N.Y. Its shelter provides a safe place for survivors and their children, and offers services to assist them as they work through the trauma of domestic violence. CADV provides housing, support and a chance to build a life free of abuse. The children they serve have one less burden to worry about, one less distraction from focusing on their work in school and one less obstacle to improving their sense of self-worth. In the serious work that must occur to restore a one's sense of safety and routine, new belongings can be an affirmation that life can be stable once again.

The ranks of our military women and men often include the families who are left behind while their loved ones serve. A family that loses the active presence of a parent through separation faces significant challenges and stress. During the parent's deployment, family members may feel isolated, unsupported and anxious. They may also experience financial stress. In partnership with Operation Homefront, K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers works to meet the needs of families fighting for our freedom. Together we provide products to military bases around the country so that parents and children who live courageously on their own will be properly clothed, have gifts to give during the holiday season, receive baby products, and can enjoy something a little special while their loved ones are serving abroad.