The bins are full again.

Every May, Burbank Unified School District schools' lost-and-found bins overflow with jackets, hoodies, and sweaters left behind in the rush of recess and the race to class. Perfectly good clothing, forgotten and unclaimed. Despite good intentions, most of it ends up routed to overwhelmed donation agencies, then to a landfill or shipped halfway around the world.

Kids grow fast. Families move on. Clothes get left behind.

Meet "Lost & Found Rehomed".

We collect unclaimed clothing from BUSD school lost-and-found bins at the end of the school year. Volunteers sort. A local laundromat washes. Then we give it all away free at Burbank Public Library on Saturday, August 8. No sign-ups, no income checks, no catch. Just families walking out with what their kids need for the school year.

Last August's pilot moved 330+ pieces in a single morning. This year we're expanding beyond 4 school collections.

Help us hit $2,500 by July 31.

If we don't raise it, the program still happens. We'll just be covering the gap out of our own pockets, which limits what we can do next. And we already have the followup event planned for January 2027 to take care of the winter collection.

Where your $2,500 goes:

Laundromat wash and fold for hundreds of pieces of kids' clothing
Rack and hanger rentals so the haul can hang like a real shop, organized by size and type.
Overstock hauling for whatever doesn't get rehomed, routed to a partner who can place it (not a landfill)
Bins, signage, day-of supplies for the giveaway floor
A small buffer for what we haven't predicted

No paid staff. Volunteers run pickup, sorting, storing, and staging the August 8 event start to finish. Your donation cover the costs volunteers can't.

DONATION TIERS

$20 — Spin Cycle One commercial load at the laundromat. 15–20 pieces back in rotation.

$35 — Sort of a Big Deal Bins, and hangers for one school's haul.

$100 — Clean Sweep A full wash-dry-fold for one school's entire pickup.

$150 — Rack & Roll A day's rack and hangers rental for the giveaway floor.

$500 — August 8 MVP You're putting the whole event on its feet. Families show up and kids leave with clothes that fit.

Burbank clothes stay within Burbank families. Local circular economy.

Lost & Fund — Help Us Wash, Sort & ReHome

From school bins to family closets.

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