Purpose/Goal: To take in clothes, given in love, and distribute them to any area of need, locally and beyond, to both established organizations and to individuals, in order to show the love of God to all people.

Current Operations: Currently "The Closet" works out of volunteer garages and distributes boxes of sorted clothes to numerous established groups in the local community or through a direct community outreach located at the Flipside.

1. Clothes are received from donating churches, businesses and others and transported to "The Closet."
2. A team of volunteers and staff members then sort through the incoming clothes and organize them into boxes by size, age and sex.
3. Sorted clothes are then placed in either the "outgoing" clothes section, which is donated in bulk to homeless or community based organizations, or in the "local distribution" section, where they are given to needy people throughout the local community.
4. Local distribution is done monthly at the Closet Outreach located at the Flipside Offices. The Outreach consists of a short worship and instructional time, with prayer, and then the Closet store is opened to all who attend. Everyone is able to select just what they need and the clothes are free.

   "Freely have we received, freely shall we give."

Future Plans: Our hope is to expand this ministry to include additional organizations in our distribution and eventually act as a hub for other organizations to rely on for a steady flow of quality used clothes.