Seeking Clothing Donations // Community Closet @FranklinUMC

The Community Closet @FranklinUMC has been “open” now for two weeks. The first week, we saw 6 individuals, representing six families who spoke four different languages among them who picked out items from the closet. This past Tuesday, we saw some 60 people come through. We are nearly out of children’s clothing and the selection …

Introducing the Community Closet @FranklinUMC

Roughly six months ago, the Franklin Interfaith Council started collecting clothing to be distributed to families placed at the Emergency Assistance (EA) Shelter opened by the State of Massachusetts in The Town of Franklin. The Franklin United Methodist Church (UMC) became the locus of the FIC’s efforts to collect and distribute donations to newly arriving …