Note in the Pocket provides donated and purchased clothing to impoverished and homeless children and their families in Wake County.
“Our goal is to provide these children with a full wardrobe of matching, stylish, school-appropriate clothing so they have the confidence needed to succeed in the academic environment.”
How Can You Help?
Your donation of unworn or gently used school-appropriate clothing goes a long way! New and gently used shoes and clothing of all sizes are accepted for donation, but the items most useful to our students are clothing items in size 5T through adult, for our adult size students. To make the greatest impact, visit our Wish List page for our most needed items or contact us and ask to serve as a “Fairy Godmother or Godfather” to receive a text message when we have an urgent clothing need that you may be able to assist with.
Don’t have any school clothes to share? Your financial donation will enable us to purchase new items in our most needed sizes. Thank you for your help!
Please note: While we are happy to issue receipts for tax purposes, we cannot assign a monetary value to your clothing donations. The IRS advises that it is up to the donor to estimate the fair market value of a donation. Donated shoes and clothing will be processed and evaluated for suitability to our use and will be used at our discretion to best further our mission to clothe children with dignity and love.
*Donation/tax receipts are currently available only at our Volunteer Center in Raleigh. If you drop off donations to another location (or afterhours) and need a receipt, please contact us and we can provide one.
Drop-off Locations
*Starting March 23rd, Note in the Pocket will be closed and not accepting clothing donations until further notice (This includes all of our drop-off locations below). We will determine when to resume operations based on what is safe for our staff, volunteers and community. We appreciate your understanding and support during this time! Have a look at our official statement here!
A list of alternate drop-off locations is provided below. We are always looking for opportunities to add new drop-off locations to our list! Due to space constraints, business locations are for family donations only. Group collections or high-volume donations must be brought to our Volunteer Center at 5100 Lacy Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27609.
- Monday – Friday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00
- Monday – Friday: 8 am – 5:30 pm (Closed for Lunch: 12:30 pm – 1:30pm)
- Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Parkside Town Commons
- Monday – Friday: 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
- Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Sunday: closed
- Monday – Friday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00
- Monday – Friday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00
- Monday – Friday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00
West Park Village
Store Number: 919-378-9195
Drop-off Hours:
- Monday – Friday: 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
- Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
- Sunday: Closed
Note in the Pocket Volunteer Center
- Available 24 hours in collection container by front door facing main parking lot
- To get a receipt, our hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 – 1:00
- Available 24 hours in collection container facing Wake Forest Rd.
North Raleigh Presbyterian Church
- Available 24 hours in collection container in front parking lot.
Home of Weside Gifts
- Monday – Friday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Saturday: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Sunday: Closed
Donate Supplies
In addition to clothing there are a number of supplies that are needed for storage and organization in our facility. Please visit our Wish List for our most needed items or contact us. You can also support our mission by providing supplies for one of our special events such as our Socks and Undie 5K Rundie. Please visit our Socks & Undie 5K Rundie page to learn more. Thank you for your support!