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Help Us Support Families in Need

As the colder months approach, we need your help more than ever to provide warmth and comfort to families and individuals facing tough circumstances. Your donations of essential items make a huge impact in the lives of those we serve.

What We Provide

Sometimes, it’s the smallest comforts that have the greatest impact. Many of the people we serve often have limited access to everyday necessities and resources, including appropriate attire to wear to a job interview, a warm sweater on a cold day, seasonal attire for a myriad of occupations, hygiene products, or household items– this is where you come in!

Clothing Collaborative

The Clothing Collaborative, now located at 100 Niantic Avenue in Providence, provides free work and professional attire for wide variety of jobs for low-income individuals who are completing job training, education programs, and/or seeking employment. Seasonal work appropriate clothing, shoes and personal hygiene products for men and women are readily available.

We work with the clients of participating Rhode Island agencies who meet the income and job search criteria of the program. There are currently four locations participating in the Clothing Collaborative Network, including East Providence, Providence, Westerly, and Woonsocket.

Resettlement Assistance

When refugee families arrive in Rhode Island, they are most often in need all of the basic necessities to get settled and begin anew. That's where we come in. We provide everything needed to start over, including items for the home and clothing for the family. Refugee families need clean, new, or gently used seasonally-appropriate clothing for adults, teens, and children, new footwear for adults, teens, and children, as well as basic needs.

How You Can Help

Refugee Restart Kits

We've made it easy for you to help our newly arriving refugee families with Restart Kits! Simply choose which type of kit you and/or your colleagues would like to donate!

Donate a Restart Kit!

Host a Donation Drive

Would your place of work, school, or organization like to host a donation drive? This is a great way bring people together to help those in need.

Ideas for donation drives include (please click on each idea for more specific information):

Please reach out more information, and to set up a drive that works for you: diiridevelopment@diiri.org or 401-784-8707.

Donations Now Accepted by Appointment Only

To schedule your donation appointment with the Clothing Collaborative, please reach out to: ccdonation@diiri.org or 401-784-8663.

What We are Unable to Accept

Due to limited storage space and safety issues, we are unable to accept the following:

Furniture
Electrical appliances of any size
TVs
Food, including baby formula
Out of season clothing

Please consider the following organizations who may be able to take those donations we are unable to accept:

Thank you for your interest in supporting Dorcas International and the communities we serve!

What We Need Right Now

Accepting Winter Clothes Only

Men's clothing

Pants | small sizes
T-shirts | small sizes

Children's Clothing

Winter coats | all sizes
Babies 2 & 12 months
Boys | sizes 8-16
Girls | 2T

Baby Essentials:

Diapers | especially size 4
Wet wipes

Household Essentials

Cleaning supplies
New or laundered bedding | twin, full & queen sizes
Laundry detergent & fabric softener

Important Note
Due to limited available storage space, we cannot accept any other type of donation at this time. Please continue to check this page for updated information.

Thank you for your support!

Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island strives to create a welcoming environment for all, working to empower the most vulnerable among us for more than 100 years. We meet our clients where they are by providing integrated, wraparound programs and services helping those seeking to overcome educational, cultural, economic, and language barriers.

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