Tea Collection Aids D.C. Nonprofit with Clothing Donation

San Francisco-based Tea Collection made a donation of 160 Global Fund for Children bodysuits to Ascensions Community Services Inc. (www.2ascend.org), an organization in the nation’s capital that provides holistic, integrated psychological interventions to children and their families living in poor neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.

The baby apparel will be given away at “Bringing It All Together Day,” the 7th Annual Summer Health Fair held at the Children’s Health Center, 2501 Good Hope Rd. SE, Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Ascensions is a grantee partner of The Global Fund for Children, an organization dedicated to advancing the dignity of vulnerable youth and children around the world that Tea Collection has partnered with since 2006. Tea offers items exclusive items through which 100 percent of the proceeds are donated to The Global Fund for Children.

Since 1997, The Global Fund has distributed more than $13.9 million in grants to more than 364 groups worldwide. Visit www.globalfundforchildren.org and www.teacollection.com.

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