Project Lemonade lets Portland foster youth pick out their own clothes
Foster children can shop for free up to three times a year and leave with a week's wardrobe. The nonprofit's new Albina District hub is also running a Sock-tober drive for more than 18,000 pairs of socks.
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Project Lemonade lets young people in foster care in Portland choose their own clothes. They can shop at no charge up to three times a year and walk out with enough for a full week. The nonprofit just opened a hub in the Albina District.
Its Sock-tober drive is collecting socks, with a goal of more than 18,000 pairs. The shopping trips are the regular work. The sock drive is the extra pile the hub is trying to fill this month.
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