Cara Collective, CW26, and CD One Price Cleaners Team Up for Clothing Drive

MARCH 12 2024, CHICAGO, IL  CD One Price Cleaners is partnering with CW26 and MeTV-FM for its annual clothing drive benefiting Chicago non-profit Cara Collective. From March 18 – March 30, customers can drop off gently-used business professional and business casual attire including button down shirts, blouses, dresses, jackets, pants, pantsuits, blazers and skirts to their local CD One Price Cleaners. Clothes will be cleaned, pressed and delivered to Cara Collective, which provides job training and access to quality employment for job seekers in Chicago and beyond.

“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 supporting them for the tenth year.”

“We are honored to once again partner with CD One Price Cleaners on our annual clothing drive,” said Kathleen St. Louis Caliento, President & CEO of Cara Collective. “Through the generosity of those who support this drive, Cara Collective ensures our job seekers feel a sense of pride and preparedness as they work towards finding gainful employment. We are so grateful to everyone who contributes.”

All CD One Price Cleaners stores across Chicagoland are participating. Find a store here.

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 CW, 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/.

About CD One Price Cleaners

Based in Oakbrook, IL, a western suburb of Chicago, CD One Price Cleaners currently operates 40+ 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 Cara Collective

Cara Collective seeks to fuel a courageous national movement to eradicate relational and financial poverty. Through our four entities – Cara, Cleanslate, Cara Connects, 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 8,500 people into more than 14,500 jobs, starting them on their path to real and lasting success. To learn more, please visit www.caracollective.org.