Where Style Meets Impact
Join us for Wear it Forward, a four-day benefit event where style meets impact. Shop thousands of high-quality clothing, shoes, and accessories for the whole family—all at incredible prices—while directly supporting families and businesses recovering from Hurricane Helene. Every purchase fuels recovery efforts and restores hope throughout communities in need. Don’t miss this chance to refresh your wardrobe and make a meaningful difference!
April 3-6, 2025
Opening Night:
Fashion with Purpose
Kick off Wear it Forward with an unforgettable evening of style, entertainment, and impact. This fashion show blends entertainment, fundraising, and early shopping access. Enjoy catered food, drinks, and an unforgettable night celebrating fashion
for a cause.
General Admission and VIP packages available!
April 6th
8am-5pm
Sunday Closeout
Final Chance,
Deep Discounts!
Everything must go—
Shop all remaining inventory at 50% off!
Score deals first from
8-9am with a $10 Early Bird shopping pass.
Free Admission starts
at 9am.
900 Pressley Rd, Charlotte NC
Hurricane Helene left communities devastated, with recovery efforts requiring significant resources. Wear it Forward transforms excess clothing into essential funding, helping rebuild lives without relying solely on monetary donations. By turning fashion into a force for good, this event provides tangible support for families and businesses working to recover. Your participation—whether through shopping, donating or volunteering—ensures that vital aid reaches those who need it most, making a direct and lasting impact on community recovery.
Why It Matters
Be part of something great—support our upcoming benefit event by volunteering your time! It truly takes a village and we can't pull it off without the help of this amazing community.
Ready to lend a hand? See below and sign up for a time that works for you. Together, we can restore hope, provide essentials, and make a lasting difference for those in need.
Your Closet Can Make A Difference
Give your gently-used clothing, shoes, and accessories a second life—while making a lasting impact. Donations to Wear It Forward help stock our fundraising sale, raising essential funds for communities recovering from disasters like Hurricane Helene.
We’re seeking fashionable, high-quality items from popular designers and sought-after brands. Your contributions will be sold at affordable prices to support clothing provisions and recovery efforts.
We gladly accept men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing, shoes, handbags, and accessories in clean, excellent condition.
Please review our donation guidelines to ensure
a smooth donation process.
DONATION GUIDELINES
Step 1: Schedule
Schedule a donation appointment time via our Calendar.
We offer 30-minute appointment times to review 5-75 items but no more than 2 bins.
Please understand that our max allowed at one appointment time is 2 bins, no more.
Step 2: Prepare
Categories that will be considered are: clothing, shoes, handbags, belts, sunglasses, hats and jewelry for men, women & children.
Review acceptable items chart for specifics.
Items should be labels from our list of preferred brands.
Review brand list for specifics.
Make sure your items are in current style, freshly laundered/clean
and in excellent condition.
We are unable to consider items with odors (cigarette smoke, musty, etc.)
stains, holes, pilling or any other signs of excessive wear.
Items should be organized, folded neatly and ready-to-go
(button all buttons & snap all snaps).
Step 3: Show Up
Show up and check-in at your scheduled appointment time.
Brand, condition, style and current inventory levels are taken into account when accepting items for the charity sale.
We reserve the right to select only the items that we have confidence in selling.
A donation receipt will be provided for accepted items & unselected items will be returned or passed along.
Please note: Donations to Clothed with Care may be used across our charitable programs to provide free clothing to individuals in need or may be made available for purchase through fundraising initiatives like Wear It Forward to help sustain our mission. All monetary contributions and proceeds from sold items directly support our programs, community recovery efforts, and ongoing services.