Our CD One Clothing Drive is Back!
NOTE: Our 2026 CD One Clothing Drive has ended. Thank you to everyone who contributed. Click here to learn more about making an individual clothing donation to Cara Collective.
CD One Price Cleaners is once again teaming up with The U and MeTV-FM for its annual clothing drive benefiting Chicago workforce development nonprofit Cara Collective—and this year’s effort promises to make an even bigger impact. From Monday, March 16 through Saturday, March 28, Chicagoland residents are invited to donate gently used business professional and business casual attire at any CD One Price Cleaners location.
Cara Collective serves more than 1,000 job seekers annually, and, as part of the wraparound supports provided, professional clothing is provided to everyone free of charge. For many job seekers, access to professional attire isn’t just about clothing—it’s about confidence, dignity, and the belief that they belong in the career opportunities ahead of them.
“Professional attire can be the final—and often missing—piece that helps a job seeker walk into an interview with confidence,” said Kim Massenburg, Chief Impact Officer of Cara Collective. ”By donating to this drive, community members directly support our job seekers by ensuring they feel a sense of pride and preparedness as they work towards finding gainful employment. We are so grateful to everyone who contributes.”
Items such as button-down shirts, blouses, dresses, jackets, pants, pantsuits, blazers, and skirts are greatly appreciated. Every donated piece will be professionally cleaned, pressed, and delivered directly to Cara Collective, where it will help job seekers make a strong first impression as they pursue meaningful, lasting employment.
“Our customers love donating to support the Cara Collective as they understand that they are helping to provide Chicagoans with the self-confidence to succeed in their careers,” said Jonathon Reckles, Vice President of Marketing for CD One Price Cleaners. “We are honored to be bringing this partnership into our 13th year.”
Last year’s drive collected more than 4,000 pieces of clothing in less than two weeks. All CD One Price Cleaners stores across Chicagoland are participating. Click here to find a store near you.
About Cara Collective
Cara Collective seeks to fuel a courageous national movement to eradicate relational and financial poverty. Through our three entities – Cara, Cleanslate, and Cara Plus – we work with job seekers, employers, and other organizations across the country to break the cycle of poverty through the power and purpose of employment. Since 1991, we’ve placed more than 10,800 people into more than 17,200 jobs, starting them on their path to real and lasting success.
About CD One Price Cleaners
Based in Oakbrook, IL, a western suburb of Chicago, CD One Price Cleaners currently operates 50+ locally owned and operated franchise dry cleaning locations throughout the Chicago market, including its newest stores in Homewood, Oak Lawn, Glenview, and Aurora. With one low price for any garment (men’s or women’s) and a fast turnaround, CD One Price Cleaners has revolutionized the dry cleaning industry across the Midwest. Follow CD One Price Cleaners on Facebook, Instagram, or visit www.cdonepricecleaners.com.
About Weigel Broadcasting Co.
Weigel Broadcasting Co. is a family-owned media company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company owns and operates national television networks, as well as local broadcast stations throughout the country. Weigel is the leader in the multicast television network space with MeTV, Memorable Entertainment Television, the number-one rated multicast network, as well as the Movies! Network in cooperation with the Fox Television Stations, the Catchy Comedy Network, the H&I – Heroes & Icons Network, the Start TV Network and the Dabl Network in association with the CBS Television Stations, and the Story Television Network. Weigel produces the original network TV programs Toon In With Me, Svengoolie and Collector’s Call. Weigel’s local stations include CBS, ABC, The U, MyNet, Telemundo and Univision network affiliates, offering a mix of entertainment programing, local news and professional and college sports broadcasts. Weigel and its affiliate companies broadcast network and independent television stations serving New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, D.C., Phoenix, Seattle, Denver, Orlando, Cleveland, Portland, St. Louis, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Hartford, Milwaukee, Albuquerque, Des Moines, South Bend, Evansville and Rockford. Weigel is the creator of the nationally syndicated music format MeTV FM. For more information on Weigel, visit: https://www.weigelbroadcasting.com/.
