Springfield Mall, Cradles to Crayons & Me!

I am SOOO excited to announce that I'm teaming up with not only my fave charity, Cradles to Crayons but also the Springfield Mall this spring!  We're partnering to provide low income children with clothing they need to thrive!  Starting March 8th, drop off your donation of new or gently used children's clothes at the Springfield Mall Customer Service Desk and you'll receive a discount for pictures with the Easter Bunny!

Don't have any clothes to donate but still want to help?  Pick up an Easter Egg from the Customer Service Desk & purchase an item (or two!) that is always in need at Cradles to Crayons!  As part of my 40 bags in 40 days goal this spring, I'll be dropping off items at the mall next week, I can't wait to add my bag to the donation!

I'd like to give a huge THANK YOU to the Springfield Mall and the people there who contacted me after reading my 40 bags in 40 days post and then offering to partner with us to make this event happen!  I'm so happy to be helping one of my favorite charities & doing it so close to home makes it even better!


For more information on the drive, see below!

The Easter Bunny will be at Center Court at Springfield Mall, beginning Friday, March 8, not only to help launch his namesake holiday at the major Delaware County shopping hub, but also to kick off a joint clothes collection drive with Cradles to Crayons for the region’s disadvantaged children.

The collection effort – to continue through March 30 – is a collaboration between the more than 70 merchants at the Mall and Cradles to Crayons, the local nonprofit that provides children, from birth to age 12, living in low-income and homeless situations with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play.

The Easter Bunny is scheduled to hop into Center Court at the Mall, 1250 Baltimore Pike, at 10:00 a.m. on March 8.

Shoppers who drop off donations of new or nearly new clothing (from footwear to winter coats, and new socks and underwear) at the Mall’s Customer Service center (located near Ruby Tuesday's) will receive a discount off photos with the Easter Bunny. Shoppers will also be able to select from baskets of “Easter eggs,” individualized egg-shaped cards that identify an item of clothing needed by an area low-income and/or homeless child, and purchase items on the eggs from stores within the mall. The purchases will be gathered by courtesy desk staff and provided to Cradles to Crayons, from which local social service agencies, including homeless and domestic violence shelters, schools, and foster homes, will distribute them to the children in their care.