Dependable Cleaners Supports Cradles to Crayons’ Gear Up for Winter Initiative

Dependable Cleaners is proud to announce its support of Cradles to Crayons®, a nonprofit organization that equips children from birth through age 12 living in homeless or low-income situations with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school, and at play, for its winter initiative.

Now through December 31, 16 Dependable Cleaners locations will host in-store coat collections to support Cradles to Crayons and its Gear Up for Winter initiative. The program aims to provide families and children with warm winter items necessary for the dropping temperatures and harsh winter season. This year’s program aims to assist 40,000 local children with winter coats, hats, gloves and other winter essentials this season. Dependable Cleaners customers can drop new or gently used coats at collection bins accessible at each location.

“We are delighted to take part in this year’s Gear Up for Winter program,” said Christa Hagearty, president and CEO of Dependable Cleaners. “We hope that our coat collections will service local families during the difficult season ahead. We are looking forward to building on a relationship with Cradles to Crayons.”

“We are very appreciative of the support from Dependable Cleaners,” said Lynn Margherio, Founder and CEO of Cradles to Crayons. “We are working to keep 40,000 children safe and warm this winter and Dependable Cleaners’ collection efforts in all sixteen of their stores will go a long way toward helping to make that happen."

Participating Dependable Cleaners stores include:

316 Newbury Street, Boston

110 Newbury Street, Boston

391 Washington Street, Braintree

281 Harvard Street, Brookline

66 S. Main Street, Cohasset

1141 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester

1376 Washington Street, Hanover

Rte. 228 & 298 Main Street, Hingham

338 Granite Avenue, East Milton

624 Hancock Street, Quincy

320 Quincy Avenue, South Quincy

581 Adams Street, West Quincy

550 Bridge Street, North Weymouth

365 Gannett Road, Scituate

152 Galen Street, Watertown

2 Winter Street, Weymouth

About Dependable Cleaners

For over 70 years, Dependable Cleaners, a three generation family-owned company, has been providing premium cleaning services throughout greater Boston and southern Mass. Dependable Cleaners aims to maintain its legacy as Boston’s leading provider of superior garment care and exceptional customer service, while introducing the newest industry technologies and services to its customers. For more information, please visit www.DependableCleaners.com.

About Cradles to Crayons

Cradles to Crayons launched in 2002 and has operations in Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago. The nonprofit provides children from birth through age 12 living in homeless or low-income situations with the essential items they need to thrive—at home, at school, and at play. They supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need. Cradles to Crayons mobilizes communities of plenty on behalf of communities of need, recycling and reusing high-quality children’s goods and engaging thousands of youth and adults in tangible service activities each year that benefit local children. For more information, please visit www.cradlestocrayons.org/boston/.