The Winter Clothing drive at Northwood is a great opportunity for the school to give back to the Lake Placid community. Under all of the touristy, rich, and scenic landscapes, there is, of course, some poverty in the Lake Placid community.
“The winter clothing drive at Northwood is trying to help reduce many of these concerns for Lake Placid residents by giving away coats and cold-weather clothing,” said Florence Richard ’26, one of the leaders of CARE, Northwood’s Community Service club. This makes Northwood’s clothing drive very beneficial to the surrounding community.
The winter clothing drive is a part of a greater effort in Lake Placid. There are many places where you can drop off your old winter clothing, such as St. Agnes Church, St. Agnes School, the medical center, and the high school. It is a vast community-wide effort.
At Northwood, the donations are handled through Ms. Wint and CARE. They take the donation bin from the faculty office and then deliver it to Thrive and Thrift in Lake Placid, NY. With the donations Northwood brings in, 50-200 people stay warm in the cold weather of Lake Placid.
There are many more great ideas we, as a school, can offer to help the community. Flo has a suggestion for students. “So, you know that some people have more wealth and can help the cause. In the fall, many people like to clean out their closets to fill them with the new trendy clothes for the upcoming winter season. Instead of throwing these clothes out, they can put them in the bins and help the community that way.”
I think this is a great idea to give back to the community and help many people in need during the winter season.
CARE has some great plans for this year, with the Northwood clothing drive, and we are excited to see what comes out of this later this year. Hopefully, this community can help a large number of people with the clothing drive, and Northwood can be a main contributor to Lake Placid Thrive and Thrift.