The Kindness Closet 850

05/05/2026

If anyone would like to donate any items to support this drive feel free to drop off at The Kindness Closet 850 and I'll make sure it gets there. This is such a wonderful drive. These kids deserve bday cakes 🎂

Our EDGE and Life Teen youth are collecting cake mixes for Niceville Catholic Outreach!

These simple donations help bring a little joy and celebration to families in need throughout our community. A birthday cake can make a child feel remembered, loved, and special.

We invite our parish family to join our teens in this act of kindness by donating items listed in the flyer. Donations can be brought to the parish office or designated collection area.

Thank you for helping our young people live their faith through service and for supporting our neighbors in need.

04/24/2026

Hey friends. I apologize for the lack of posts and updates. I am working two jobs and both of my kids have been incredibly busy and our vehicle has broken down several times. On top of all this we've been having some financial trouble but this weekend I'm paying up our storage unit and will be slowly reopening up the Kindness closet. Once I get the stuff back to the house I will be contacting those that have volunteered to help. We are potentially being donated as shed so I'm going to be taking things slow with set up so we don't have to redo anything. In the meantime I went around and filled up most of our local food pantries as well as the Emerald Coast Period Pantry at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Emerald Coast. Hope y'all have a blessed and amazing weekend 🙏🫶💪

04/10/2026

Just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow is the grocery giveaway at Crosspoint Niceville. People usually start lining up around 8:00 8:30 and food runs out around 10:30. I just started a second job and life has been pretty tough lately. I'm really trying to get up and running because people have been reaching out and I know that the help is needed. If there is anyone that would be interested in helping with the reset please comment here or message me. We have to move the items off of our porch to the carport,but we can only use half of our carport. Ideally I would like to get a shed but that's not a financial decision I can make at the moment. I just want to get some sort of system up and going so we can get back to helping out all of the incredible families we have met. The offer still stands that if anyone would like to open up a second closet we have extra shelves and plenty of clothing as well. Thank you everyone for your patience and I look forward to seeing everyones smiling faces, familiar and new ❤️

04/03/2026

Hey friends, I apologize for being so quiet. Quite a busy couple weeks with family emergencies, vehicle repairs, house repairs and an inspection. I also picked up a second job and I'm doing the best I can do just to survive. Obviously setting everything up is going to be a big task but I am planning on starting it next week. I'm not 100% sure what the layout is going to be but if anyone would like to help please reach out. I am planning on taking everything that has been out front hanging for weeks and donating it and then starting with all new items out front. We have saved lots of swimsuits 👙 and it's time to get them out! The weather is warm and we are excited to share the blessings that have been donated with our local community.

03/19/2026

Hey everyone I apologize for being so quiet lately. We're still having work done on our house and at the latest it should be done Monday. We do have a couple crates with hygiene and various baby items and books out front but unfortunately we cannot put the clothes and shoes back out until everything is done with the home. We apologize for any inconveniences made, but if you have an urgent need please reach out. We would like to extend a huge thank you to McCrays Automotive Services for being an absolute godsend and going above and beyond to help us get our vehicle running again. Our family has gone through quite a few storms here lately and TJ was the hero we needed. His wife, Sigrid, reached out to us and we are so grateful. As a woman it can be scary to have to deal with automotive expenses because oftentimes people cheat you and drag out the issue. TJ was nothing but fair, honest and quick. If any of you need automotive work we cannot recommend them enough. We LOVE incredible local businesses and will always support them. Hope everyone is having a safe and blessed spring break and we look forward to reopening soon better than ever! ⛱️ 👙 🌊🩱🤿🎣🛹⚾🏈🎮

03/15/2026

Hey friends. Due to upcoming housework we are temporarily closed. I apologize for this but we are having stuff done around the home the next couple days and we have no choice. If there is an URGENT need please message us. The offer still stands that if anyone would like to start a kindness closet 2.0 we have plenty of racks and clothing to get it started. Thank you all for your patience and continued support 🙏❤️

03/09/2026

Sorry for being so quiet lately. We have been incredibly busy between an upcoming home inspection, house repairs and vehicle repairs. We had some incredible donations of brand new makeup, perfume and personal care items as well as a ton of adorable 3D printed items. We also have a lot of formula. Please come by if there is anything you need!

03/09/2026

If anyone needs help feeding the kiddos during spring break

Wow! All 40 bags are spoken for at this time. We are thankful to be able to help in this way!
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Spring Break Food Giveaway!

Pick up on Saturday, March 14, 2026 from 10am-11am at 108 Aurora St, Valparaiso.

“Give us this day our daily bread.” — Matthew 6:11

During Spring Break, Bread for the Break will provide snack and lunch packs for kids who may be home on their own during the day. These packs are a simple way to share care, nourishment, and the love of Christ with our community, meeting real needs while school is out.

Possible Items Included in each pack:
Chef Boyardee microwavable containers
Ramen noodle packs
microwavable mac & cheese cups
beef sticks
applesauce cups/pouches
granola bars
Individual cracker packs
Individual juice boxes
Fruit snacks
Individual trail mix packs
Individual cookie packs

If your family could benefit from a snack pack, please message the New Hope Valparaiso page for the link to a form to reserve your bags!

03/05/2026

Lots of clothes, food and shoes! Come on by

03/04/2026

Hanc filled up the North Palm pantry! Such a good boy and kind community member. He and his human stocked up the pantry with apples, spaghetti and fixings, peanut butter and jelly, soup, puppy food and other goodies. This pantry is located on North Palm boulevard next to Palm family dentistry and the brick apartments. Thank you to everyone in the community that has helped out with all the donations here, there and everywhere. It takes a village!