Donate new or used kids items during our open hours.

We accept donations during our open hours, HOWEVER, we cannot currently (as of May 2025) accept large items like CRIBS, BOX SPRING MATTRESSES, TWIN BEDS and HIGH CHAIRS. We are FULL on those items.

• Tuesday & Thursday 10-2, 2nd Saturday of each month 10-Noon
• We are located at 500 Clark Avenue in Union.
• Please come around back to door C12 for donation drop off.

Donate household goods and “Well Meaning MOM Clothes” to                                      Grace’s Merry Go Round or Jake’s Legacy Resale in Washington

Grace’s Merry Go Round and Jake’s Legacy Resale accept a large variety of household goods. If you would like items from your home or estate sale to benefit the Foster Closet, you can drop them off and add them to our account.  Please be advised that they require clothing to be on hangers. (Hangers are provided in the parking lot.)

Host a drive or do a Service Project to benefit kids in foster care

Please note that the following items are nearly always needed:

• Deodorant, 3 in 1 Hair & Body Wash
• Diapers & Wipes
• Gently Used Tennis Shoes
• NEW packages of underwear
• NEW sheets & blankets in Twin & Crib sizes

If you are interested in hosting a clothing/essential need drive for the Foster Closet, we will be happy to let you know what items we are most in need of at the time.

Volunteer at the Foster Closet

Let us know what your talents are! We are certain we can find a way for you to use your talents to serve foster families and children in our community. Our volunteers are the stewards of the closet. Volunteers pack bags for kids who could not bring their clothing with them, and work on a variety of projects around the closet. We are currently looking for volunteers who can do the following:

• Match outfits and pack bags
• Help foster parents find what they need (sometimes they are in shock and someone to help them think of what they need is very helpful!)

Your Group or Business Can Support the Foster Closet

There are countless ways that your group or business can help the Foster Closet achieve its mission. Your business can match employee contributions or set up a challenge contest among groups of employees, business locations or local competitors to see who can raise the most funds or collect the most diapers for the Foster Closet.

Your group or business can enlist members or employees to volunteer in the Foster Closet sorting clothes on a one-time or ongoing basis. Members or employees may also be interested in helping with Special Volunteer Projects.

Hosting a clothing/essential item drive would be a wonderful way for your group or business to provide support for our local foster families. If you are interested in hosting a clothing/essential need drive for the Foster Closet, we will be happy to let you know what items we are most in need of at the time.

Please contact us by Facebook messenger to explore ways your group or business can help. Working together, we will ensure that the greatest and most immediate needs of area foster children are met.

Good Stewardship Note to Donors

Please be assured that we will use all items donated to Franklin County Foster Closet to best serve our families and the community. Items you donate may be used directly by a child in care. If we have too many of one type of item in stock, the items you donate may be traded with other organizations that serve kids in crisis. Sometimes donated items are sold on consignment and the proceeds help cover our overhead costs. We try very hard to be good stewards of every item donated! Even “rags” (clothes that come in with stains) are sold by the pound by Grace’s Merry Go Round in Washington and the proceeds benefit nonprofit organizations in our community. Bedding that can’t be used is donated to the Humane Society. We cannot guarantee that all of your items will be used by kids in care, but we can promise we will use the items in the way that best serves our kiddos.