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Phone:
314.773.KIDS (5437)
NOTE:
Tyler Place Presbyterian Church is now South City Church.
Address:
South City Church
2109 S. Spring Street, 2nd Floor
St. Louis, MO 63110
Hours of Operation:
1st and 3rd Wednesday and every Saturday (except Holidays) from 9 a.m. to noon
Map:
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| KidStore
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THE KIDSTORE IS NOT CLOSING! With the opening of [RE]FRESH, there has been some confusion about the KidStore. It will REMAIN OPEN! It's a valuable resource to our families with younger children.
Children often come into foster care with only the clothing on their backs. To help, we manage a small resale shop open exclusively to children in foster care. The KidStore provides high-quality clothing at “garage sale” prices; most items cost between $ .50 and $1.00.
The KidStore is open exclusively to Missouri and Illinois foster/adoptive parents, relative caregivers, caseworkers, and GALs/CASAs. We ask that new shoppers bring proof of your foster/adoptive parent status on their first visit, only. Examples of acceptable forms of identification include: foster parent identification card, copy of foster parent certificate/license, or a CD or DFS check stub. In addition, please bring documentation that you have physical custody of the child(ren) or court order. Your information will be kept safely on file for future visits.
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May
11th Season Switchover - KidStore CLOSED
15th - KidStore open with Spring and Summer clothes!
15th – Summer clothes are in!
25th – KidStore Closed
June
Get a free item (up to $1) for every $10 you spend
July
KidStore only open the 13th and 27th (closed the other days)
Get a free item (up to $1) for every $10 you spend all July
August
3rd – School uniforms will be in
17th – $5 Bag Sale
21st – $5 Bag Sale
24th – $4 Bag Sale
31st – KidStore Closed
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Check out the Coalition’s Online Classifieds (www.foster-adopt.org/classifieds). The Parent to Parent Trade Classifieds is a free section that allows parents to post items that they no longer need, and also see what other parents have to offer. The KidStore Classifieds is a section that allows foster parents to see what we have to offer at our KidStore.
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Help children in foster care develop a positive self-image by volunteering at the KidStore. The KidStore stocks good-quality, fashionable, new and gently used clothes, available exclusively to foster and adoptive families. To make a donation to the KidStore, please contact Shelley Thomas-Benke at 314.367.8373 x29.
Current Donation Requests:
- Spring and Summer Clothes
- Jackets
- Pajamas
- Baby equipment
- Mini-fridge for volunteers
The KidStore always welcomes donations of:
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High-quality clothing for children ages 0-18
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New undergarments: socks, underwear, and undershirts
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Children’s equipment in like-new condition: high-chairs, car seats, beds, etc.
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New personal care items: toothbrushes, combs, diapers, etc.
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| Volunteer at the KidStore
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To become a KidStore volunteer, please contact Shelley Thomas-Benke, Director of FosterServe Volunteers at 314.367.8373 x29.
Volunteers are needed to:
- Volunteer Manager or Assistant Manager once a month
Assist shoppers on the sales floor, straighten the clothing on the racks, and help check out shoppers
- Sort clothing donations and put them onto racks in the store;
- Organize clothing drives
These Organizers plan a children’s clothing drive in their school, church, company, or neighborhood to donate to the KidStore. Clothing drives can be done year-round, as the KidStore is always in need of fashionable, good-quality, season-appropriate clothing.
- Pick up clothing donations and transport them to the KidStore.
- KidStore cashier
KidStore cashiers are long-term KidStore volunteers who have taken the primary responsibility for managing the KidStore one morning each month. The cashier opens and closes the KidStore, maintains the appearance of the store, handles cash, verifies foster parent status of shoppers, fills out sales receipts, fills out the Daily Financial Report, accepts clothing donations, and helps train volunteers as needed.
- KidStore Season Switchover Volunteers
Season switchover volunteers pull off-season clothing off the clothing racks, bag it up, and hang season-appropriate clothing onto the racks at our KidStore. Season switchovers are done twice each year at the KidStore on a Saturday afternoon, generally in April and October.
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