P.E.I. charity struggling to find donations of plus-size clothing
CBC
A charity on P.E.I. that collects clothing donations doesn't have enough plus-size clothing to meet demand.
Gifts from the Heart offers clothing, household items, toys and personal items to low-income Islanders and people in need.
They don't have many clothes in sizes 2X to 6X right now, said founder and CEO Betty Begg-Brooks.
"There's lots of people [who wear] different sizes that come, and it's sad when we don't have enough [of] those sizes to give the people," said Begg-Brooks.
The charity recently posted on social media that it's launching a donation drive for plus-size clothing for all genders.
Begg-Brooks said it's important for all Islanders who are in need to know they can find clothing that fits them.
"They might have been rejected, I don't know how many times that week. But they'll never be rejected when they come through the door if they have a need," she said.
"They leave here feeling good because at least they found an outfit."
A lack of plus-size clothing donations is not just a problem in P.E.I. A Halifax non-profit that donates clothes to women for job interviews sees the same challenge.
Dress for Success Halifax provides interview clothes and workwear in sizes 00 to 5X to women in need, and CEO Brenda Saunders/Todd says many of her clients wear plus-size clothing.
"The clients that we serve are struggling in particular because they can't find that size of clothing," Saunders/Todd said.
She said for many women who wear plus-size clothes, it's hard to even find what they are looking for in retail stores.
"If they do happen to find those larger sizes, they're so far out of the price range for them that they're again marginalized," she said.
Run 3 Space | Play Space Running Game
Traffic Jam 3D | Online Racing Game
Duck Hunt | Play Old Classic Game
A suspended Moncton structural engineer faces more lawsuits alleging design flaws in buildings that require repair.
Sajjade Tugano has come a long way since he first set foot in Chibougamau, six hours north of Quebec City, in the depths of winter in November 2021.
A national mentor-based hockey organization that helps marginalized youth through the sport is paying tribute to one of its members and youngest coaches.
After months of asking the City of Saskatoon to do more to solve its homelessness crisis, advocate David Fineday took to the stand at city council Tuesday.
A community organization wants to breathe new life into a historic building in Regina.
Some Prince County residents are walking away with more answers after attending Tuesday night's public information session in Albany, P.E.I., on the Wejipek Wind Project.
After just a few months of using vape detectors in a couple of bathrooms, a B.C. high school principal says it's reduced vape use in those areas to basically zero.
Burlington MP Karina Gould gets boost from local young people after entering Liberal leadership race
A day after entering the Liberal leadership race, Burlington, Ont., MP and government House leader Karina Gould was cheered at a campaign launch party by local residents — including young people expressing hope the 37-year-old politician will represent their voices.
Anold Mulaisho was born intersex and wonders where they fit in, in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order for the United States to recognize only two sexes, male and female.
WARNING: This story contains references to suicide.
Subway service is down on Line 1 between Sheppard West and Lawrence West due to a broken power rail, the TTC said Wednesday morning.
A long-term care home in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood has cleared one more hurdle to add desperately needed beds to its property, a move that's been praised by housing advocates but opposed by locals concerned about the impact on the neighbourhood.
A Charlottetown resident is calling on the P.E.I. government to do more to protect homeowners after reading about a recent oil spill very similar to one on his Montague property 20 years ago, which he says ruined him financially.
WARNING: This story includes details of abuse.
Two years after Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly declared she was taking the unprecedented step of moving to confiscate millions of dollars from a sanctioned Russian oligarch with assets in Canada, the government has not actually begun the court process to forfeit the money, let alone to hand it over to Ukrainian reconstruction — and it may never happen.
Alberta business and oilpatch leaders are returning home from Washington this week after the U.S. presidential inauguration festivities — and gritting their teeth after a roller-coaster of emotions.
Youth workers in Toronto's Jane and Finch area are flipping the script on negative stereotypes about their communities with a new fundraising campaign that offers anti-bias training in exchange for donations to bolster their programming.
In a sudden move that came late Tuesday evening, city officials rolled out cots and temporarily opened a warm building in east London as frigid temperatures continued.