Host a Pajama Drive for Children Facing Adversity

What: Sleep is a basic need and important for children’s development. Challenges – including low family income, housing insecurity, and family instability – prevent many children from following a bedtime routine, feeling comfortable and secure at night, and getting the sleep they need. This can have a lasting, negative effect on children’s health, social and emotional well-being, and school performance. Many children don’t have pajamas to sleep in.

How:

Make a flyer and amazon wish list with pajamas of varying sizes and genders
Encourage getting teen and adult sizes, since this age is often overlooked when people are shopping. No nightgowns, no used items.
Get other kids involved to raise awareness for the charity by sharing the flyer or organizing the donations.
Have volunteers sort and label the pajamas so they don’t get mixed up in transition. Fold or roll the pajamas, label the size (specify if child or adult size) on a piece of paper and secure the paper and the pajamas together with a rubber band.

Where: Pajama Program Palm Beach, foster group homes, emergency shelters