‘Project Fresh New Feeling’ returns for fifth year to provide back-to-school outfits for students in need. Here’s how you can help.

IDAHO FALLS — It’s that clip of twelvemonth again erstwhile organization members are invited to thief pinch a task dedicated to providing back-to-school outfits for children successful need.

Project Fresh New Feeling is successful its 5th twelvemonth of giving students ages 4 to 17 a caller outfit to deterioration connected nan first time of school. The task was created by Idaho falls mom Marissa Williams and is tally by volunteers.

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“My extremity each twelvemonth is to get each kid an outfit but nan numbers person grown truthful overmuch that my margins person gotten off,” Williams explained. “Last year, we had 350 nominations and were only capable to do astir 150 kids. That was still really awesome but I was for illustration dang it, there’s still 200 much kids.”

The items that students will beryllium talented see a brand-new shirt, a brace of pants aliases shorts and shoes.

Williams asks that group who’ve received clothing successful nan past 2 years don’t use again until adjacent year. Every sanction nominated by nan clip nominations adjacent will beryllium entered into a random drafting that will find who receives a back-to-school outfit.

“It’s not based successful bid of nominations for illustration it was originally, conscionable to make it arsenic adjacent arsenic possible,” Williams mentioned.

The task has helped complete 650 kids complete nan years, according to Williams.

She recognizes that astatine definite times of nan year, specified arsenic Christmas, there’s a batch of group successful request and group consciousness for illustration giving. She wants that aforesaid giving mentality to beryllium erstwhile it’s clip for students to return to school.

“I deliberation it’s a nosy measurement to springiness backmost to nan organization and a different clip of twelvemonth to do immoderate much giving for nan kids successful our community,” Williams said.

She added, “There are kids successful our organization who not only don’t get a caller schoolhouse outfit but sometimes they whitethorn ne'er get a caller outfit astatine all. That’s nan reality of immoderate of their lives.”

While nan task is focused connected helping those successful need, Williams has besides heard stories of really nan task has helped those who are nan ones giving. Williams recalls a mom past twelvemonth who shared her acquisition pinch her.

“She took her kids shopping to nan promenade and they were having a ‘me, me, me, moment,'” Williams recalls. “It was bully for her (the mother) to person a school infinitesimal pinch them astir giving back, and past they sewage excited astir picking retired nan different apparel and reasoning astir what nan kids they sponsored mightiness for illustration connected an outfit.”

People tin participate successful nan task successful 3 ways:

Click here to nominate a section kid successful need, ages 4-17.

Send monetary donations via Venmo that will thief salary for students’ outfits by clicking here.

To sponsor a kid and position nan specifications connected nan requirements of being a sponsor, click here.

To beryllium a “shopper” and thief bargain items that will beryllium talented to students, interaction Williams connected nan Facebook page.

The deadline to taxable nominations is Aug. 5 and sponsor shopping must beryllium completed by Aug. 10.