HELP OUR COMMUNITY

Fancy Pants is committed to helping needy families in our community. For each sale we will choose a charity to donate most unsold items to - with a primary focus on charities that specifically serve mothers and children.
In the past we have made donations to ALPHA, "A Beginning," Inc., CASA, and the YWCA, as well as to the St. James Thrift Shop. We hope that you will consider helping these organizations and others like them by donating your unsold items.

If you know in advance that you would like to donate, please mark your item tag with an "X" in the upper left corner. This will save time sorting items for Pick-Up.

Of course, you may always choose to keep your unsold items, and decide what to donate at Pick Up time as well.

According to their website, the YWCA is the "world's largest and oldest women's organization. The YWCA continues to strive for a society free of discrimination based on gender, race, age, religion, culture, or any other artificial criteria. " They also provide programs related to child abuse prevention, homelessness, and teen pregnancy, among others. They are located locally at 655 2nd Avenue South in St. Petersburg. Their phone number is 727.461.2997.

For 2006 & 2007, our primary was CASA, although we made smaller donations to other charities on a case-by-case basis. Examples include individual families in need brought to our attention by friends or volunteers, as well as the church family at St. James United Methodist, who have helped many in our community as well as victims of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana.

For those unfamiliar with CASA's services, we've included their mission statement below:

CASA’s services include crisis intervention and safe environments for survivors of domestic violence and their families. They can be contacted at 727.895.4912 or you can visit their website at http://www.casa-stpete.org/.

CASA's 24-hour helpline is 800.799.SAFE (7233).