Fundraising Opportunities

If you're a school, church or other type organization you can change your used clothes, shoes, belts, handbags and stuffed animals into an easy and fun way to raise funds for Friends of St Luke's.

Umbra Clothing Collections can help you create a used clothing drive and turn unwanted clothes into much needed funds. Think of it as an "Out-of-Fashion" show where everyone gets to clean out their closets while supporting Friends of St Luke's.

Here's what you do. Simply complete the enquiries page and email it to our office with your preferred dates for the Used Clothing Drive. We will contact you to confirm the date. Next send out a flier and e-mail announcing your Used Clothing Drive and the length of time for the drive. Once you’ve collected the used clothing packed in tied plastic bags, we do the rest. We’ll pick it up on the scheduled day and all proceeds go to Friends of St Luke's. Many organizations have raised upwards of €4,000.00. Talk about rags to riches…
Here’s what we do. We pick up what you’ve collected in our trucks, bring the used clothing to our warehouse and prepare it for shipment around the world. Often those who couldn't afford it, get good, clean, useable, clothing for pennies. What's not wearable is then recycled and turned into industrial rags or shredded into fiber.
All this means more money for Friends Of St Luke's, more wearable clothing for people around the world and a lot less in our Nation’s landfills.