Even at a used-clothing outlet, the cost of clothing a family of four can be devastating for transitioning families. And the vast majority of homeless families are single-parent families — primarily mothers with small or grade-school children.

At the Children's Clothing Exchange, they trade for what they need — an eight-year old's winter coat for a ten-year old's summer outfit. Good quality for good quality. We take toys, too. If you don't have good clothes, you can trade your time, volunteering.

Some are surprised that our barter system works with transitioning people at all. But we're never surprised at how much a person who's had so little is willing to give back. It's simple: the participants fill each other's needs, year after year.

We're located at:

Roosevelt Towers Housing Complex
391 Evereteze Way
Cambridge, MA 02141
Directions

Phone: (617) 576-0039

Hours: 10-4 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
plus 11-3 the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.

• A feature about the Children's Clothing Exchange aired on 9/5/06 on New England Cable News

• Boston Globe's Daily Shopping Tip. In Boston Globe Sidekick section, September 14, 2006

• "Clothing Exchange changes lives one nice outfit at a time" from Boston -- Bay State Banner, September 14, 2006

• "The Children's Clothing Exchange helps single moms clothe their kids" from metro boston, August 27, 2006

• Success story at Children's Clothing Exchange. From The Cambridge Chronicle, 4/24/01.

Find out how you can donate new and used clothing for this program.

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