Through their newly acquired Disguise costumes line, Jakks Pacific has donated 150 costumes to help Free Costumes for Kids provide 303 costumes for the kids of the Delray Parks and Recreations after school program. Joe McCarthy of Free Costumes for Kids had this to say “The good people at Jakks Pacific came through in a [...]
All 3 sites for the Delray Parks and Recreation’s After School Program will be coming together at Pompey Park, 1101 N. W. 1st Ave., Delray Beach, Fl. 33444, on Friday October 30, 2009 at 4 P. M to have thier Halloween Costume Party. There will be over 300 children there from the 3 sites, Pine [...]
The Garage Sale Depot Donates Halloween Costumes
to Two Area Organizations in Need
Partners with FreeCostumesforkids.org to provide special ‘treat’ to children from
the Florida Migrant Education Program and Operation Hope
Mike and Bertha Holloway are Changing Lives One Costume At A Time with their Very Generous donation of brand new costumes for kids in need. Thank you SO Much Mike and Bertha for Your HUGE Donation. If you’re looking for a dropoff box in Boca Raton go toHolloway’s Pub and drop off your gently used [...]
The following is a transcript of an interview by nonprofitconnectors.com NPC: Tell us a little bit about your organization, Free Costumes For Kids. Why was it started? Chris McCarthy: Free Costumes for Kids was the brainchild of my sons, Joe and Casey McCarthy. They had added a line of Halloween costumes to their website, Gigaweb.com. [...]
The CBS 12 News featured Free Costumes for Kids with a live remote from 6AM till 11AM on thursday with live cut ins throughout their broadcast. Athea Paul of WPEC CBS 12 help get the word out that more costumes are needed. To read the full store visit New Organization Giving Away Free Costumes, Needs [...]
New charity offers costumed fun for every kid As a guidance counselor in the Palm Beach County school district, Chris McCarthy recalls how disappointed some of her students were when they did not have a costume or mask for the Halloween character parade. “Their parents, for whatever reason, couldn’t afford it or didn’t have the [...]
Free Costumes for Kids made its first pickup of donated costumes to be distributed to underpriviledged children of Palm Beach County from Sunrise Park Elementary School in Boca Raton, FL on Monday. Chris McCarthy of Free Costumes for Kids said “We were floored by the amount of costumes the generous parents and students of Sunrise [...]
As part of her Making a Difference series, Tania Rogers of NBC 5 WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida featured the Free Costumes for Kids program on their 5 O’clock news. A transcript of the story can be found here… http://www.wptv.com/content/news/southpbc/bocaraton/story/Free-costumes-for-kids-in-need/jPAYif6f40yiw88vON1DWg.cspx
Waste Management of Palm Beach has donated drop boxes for the Free Costumes for kids program.