NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The annual Ms. Cheap T-shirt and Coat Drive is set for July 1-17, and all you have to do is drop off your extra t-shirts and winter coats at one of our donation drop-off locations!
The drive is a great way to declutter with a good cause in mind!
Everything they collect will be given to Room in the Inn – they will give the t-shirts to clients on these hot summer days when people need a change of clothes, and the coats will be sorted to distributed in the winter once the temperatures drop and the homeless community needs warm outerwear.
"A warm coat or a clean t-shirt are simple things that can mean the world to someone who is facing homelessness,” said Rachel Hester, Executive Director, Room In The Inn.
“The Room in the Inn drive has been a popular Ms. Cheap initiative for many years, but in the original years, the annual drive focused solely on donated t-shirts. And thanks to community generosity, we collected thousands of them."
But once they realized that winter coats were desperately needed by Room in the Inn, Ms. Cheap figured they could collect both!
Here is what is needed: clean men’s and women’s t-shirts, particularly larger sizes. The shirts can be from schools, vacation destinations, charity events, brands, concerts, races etc.
Room in the Inn does not want any clothing items that are emblazoned with sexually explicit or alcohol, drug or smoking promotions.
As far as coats and jackets, Room in the Inn wants all sizes, including children’s, but again larger sizes are in highest demand.
The drive, which is sponsored by Main Street Media Tn., Ms. Cheap and NewsChannel 5, will take place July 1-17, with drop-off locations including Room in the Inn at 705 Drexel St. in Nashville, between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. on weekdays.
Other drop-off locations through July 17 include: Billy’s Corner at 4400 Murphy Road in Sylvan Park; The Green Hills YMCA, 4041 Hillsboro Circle, Christ Church Cathedral,900 Broadway; Otter Creek Church locations at 3534 West End Ave., and 409 Franklin Road; and at FiftyForward locations at 108 Donelson Pike, 174 Rains Ave., and 530 Madison Station Blvd.
People can also donate at local Main Street Media’s Middle Tennessee newspaper offices at:
1106 S Garden St Columbia
209-N Henslee St Dickson
104 N Central Ave Centerville
1324 Hazelwood Dr Smyrna
216 S Hartmann Dr, Lebanon, TN
333 W Main St. STE E, Gallatin, TN
719 S Main St, STE 102 Springfield, TN
101 S First St, Pulaski TN
214 Buffalo Rd., Lawrenceburg, TN
128 N. 2nd St. suite 204, Clarksville, TN
6312 Highway 41A, Suite 110, Pleasant View, TN
In past years, they have received thousands of t-shirts and hundreds of coats, so let’s do it again. Check your closets and drawers and find some shirts and coats to donate to people who need them!
Mary Hance, who has four decades of journalism experience in the Nashville area, writes a weekly Ms. Cheap column. She also appears on Thursdays on Talk of the Town on NewsChannel 5. Reach her at mscheap@mainstreetmediatn.com and follow her on Facebook as Facebook.com/mscheap.
