Devon Students Collect Easter Outfits for Needy Children

DEVON, PA -- Easter Sunday has always been the day for Christian children to wear their pretty new dress or little suit to church or wherever the family may go. For many area children that new outfit would not have been a possibility until Devon Prep’s Christian Action Program (CAP) conducted an Easter Outfit Drive to support Partners in Outreach Operation Easter Outfit.

CAP collected nearly 65 new and gently used children’s Easter outfits including frilly dresses, summer dresses, complete suits with ties and vests, shorts and polo shirt combinations, and several hats, Devon Prep said in an announcement Monday.

All the donations were delivered to the Day Room at St. Agnes Church in West Chester and the Coatesville Community, Youth & Women’s Alliance (CYWA).

Partners in Outreach, located in Chester Springs, is an organization that works to foster relationships, facilitate partnerships and service others with love, integrity and humility.

More than 50 students in grades six through 12 participate in CAP, which provides students with the opportunity to care for and help those less fortunate.

In addition to collecting Easter outfits, the students involved in CAP also run a Thanksgiving food drive, sponsor fundraisers for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, collect school supplies for inner-city students in need, and participate in area fundraisers.