Feed the Need helps Northend moms with school clothes

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BRAWLEY – A chance encounter at Desert RV in Brawley led to a windfall for the charitable organization Feed the Need last week. The unexpected help couldn’t have come at a better time as the group is gearing up for their back-to-school handouts.

According to Rosalind Servin, founder, Feed the Need is collecting school clothes for many of the children in Niland, Westmorland, Calipatria, and Brawley. The goal is to give each child five new outfits, including shoes and socks, for the upcoming school year. Four of the outfits will be “gently used” while one will be brand new. This will be the fifth-year supplying clothes for school children as they started during the pandemic.

“It’s really important for kids to have a different change of clothes that are new to the kids,” said Servin. “I know how challenging it is to be a single mom and clothing multiple children. Everything is so expensive now. We want to help parents with the burden.”

The chance encounter happened months ago, and the wheels slowly turned but did not lock up. After family emergencies and life in general, one of the workers at Do Gooders in Fallbrook remembered what she had learned at Desert RV concerning a wonderful organization called Feed the Need and how they not only fed the homeless in Brawley, but its back-to-school clothes drive.

After much back and forth talk, Dawn Williams Volk of Do Gooders had her staff load the delivery truck Thursday with dozens of large black garbage bags full of clothes and Williams headed solo to Brawley.

She arrived in the morning and hours later the bags were stacked high at the Feed the Need office located next to the Brawley Fire Department on 8th Street.

“We haven’t even unbagged everything yet!” Servin laughed during a phone conversation. “But we will still need more children’s clothes as this is mixed adult and children's clothing. But the Lord always helps us. If He calls us, He will make sure our goal is met.”

Servin gets help from various churches and organizations that allow Feed the Need to set up a clothing store when not in Brawley so the children can shop for their own clothing, letting them pick out items and shoes in their sizes.

Dr. Vo’s clinic has been a partner for Feed the Need since they decided to branch out to the Northend of the County and extend its services beyond Brawley.

The “store” will be at the Niland Chamber of Commerce, the Calipatria Latin American Club, and Westmorland’s Lighthouse Church.

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