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Joliet kids need clothing, home goods and personal care products

G.W. Buck Boys & Girls Clubs of Joliet and Cricket Wireless hosting collection through July 6

A group of volunteers sort through several boxes of donated books during an expansive overall and remodeling of the Boys & Girls Club of Joliet in pre-COVID days. G.W. Buck Boys & Girls Clubs of Joliet has partnered with Cricket Wireless to help the club’s families once the summer session has ended. (Eric Ginnard)

By Denise M. Baran-Unland

G.W. Buck Boys & Girls Clubs of Joliet has partnered with Cricket Wireless to help the club’s families once the summer session has ended.

Clothing, home goods and personal care products are urgently needed. A full list is posted at bgcjoliet.com/cricket-wish.

The need is urgent is because “the spread of COVID-19 has affected the nutritional needs of children who rely on school or childcare centers to provide healthy meals and snacks,” according to a news release from Cricket Wireless.

The Boys and Girls Club currently serves more than 1,200 children between the ages of 6 to 18, according to the club’s website.

Through July 4, community members may drop off supplies at any of the following Cricket retail locations: 1701 N Larkin Avenue, Crest Hill; 18 S Larkin Avenue, Joliet; 425 Collins Street, Joliet; 68 S Weber Road, Romeoville; 1824 E Lincoln Highway, New Lenox; and 963 Brookforest Avenue, Shorewood.

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Denise Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.