Yale students help organize BHCare Clothing Bank in Branford

Pictured from left: Xu Webber, Joan McFarlane, Holland Finely, Garrett Dargan, and Megan Ananian. Not pictured is Jane Wiedenbeck. / Contributed photo

Five students from Yale School of Management recently lent a helping hand to BHcare’s Clothing Bank in Branford. 
The school celebrates Volunteer Week each year by helping out in the community. 

The students spent the day cleaning and organizing the store. 

Joan McFarlane, coordinator of the Clothing Bank appreciates the great work done by the School of Management Team. 
“The young adults that volunteered today at the BHcare Clothing Bank were beyond our expectations,” McFarlane stated. “They were personable, organized, and worked without any direction.  
"Their intelligence was evident in the way in which they took charge, their organizational skills and their cooperation amongst each other.” 

For more than 35 years, BHcare has been providing hope and help for individuals, families and children affected by mental illness, domestic violence, and substance abuse. The BHcare Clothing Bank is an outreach program of BHcare that provides clothing to those in need. Thanks our generous donors, the Clothing Bank supplies clothing, shoes, accessories, baby gear, linens and personal care items for more than 3,000 individuals and families each year.

The Clothing Bank is located in the Patricia C. Andriole Volunteer Service Center at 30 Harrison Ave., Branford.
Hours are Monday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

For more information, contact Kathy Townsend at ktownsend@bhcare.org or 203-446-9739 x1856.
                                                         

BHcare is a regional community provider of behavioral health, addiction prevention, and domestic violence services for the Lower Naugatuck Valley, Greater New Haven and Shoreline communities. 

For more information, visit www.bhcare.org.

This is a press release from BHcare.