About The Healing Closet

Healing Hearts Through Dignity, Clothing & Community.

Founded in Atlanta in 2019, The Healing Closet Corp. exists to help individuals and families access quality clothing, essential resources, encouragement, and meaningful connections that support their next step forward.

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Our Mission

Deliver Dignity.

Our mission is to deliver dignity to our community by accepting and donating worn clothing in efforts to heal mended hearts.

Our Vision

Restore Confidence & Stability.

To restore confidence, dignity, and stability to individuals and families experiencing clothing insecurity by providing free, quality clothing resources, community-centered outreach, and year-round support programs.

Our Story

Healing Hearts Since 2019.

The Healing Closet Corp. was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 2019 with a simple belief: access to quality clothing can provide more than something to wear. It can help restore confidence, dignity, and hope.

What began with clothing assistance has continued to grow into community-centered outreach serving individuals and families throughout Metro Atlanta. Our work now includes clothing and shoe distribution, hygiene essentials, seasonal outreach, school support, maternal and family resources, volunteer engagement, and connections to additional community services.

As community needs have evolved, so has our vision. The Healing Closet is building a collaborative model that combines direct assistance with trusted community resources so individuals and families can receive support beyond the items we distribute.

Our Journey

From a Closet to a Community Resource Network

  • 2019
    The Healing Closet Corp. is founded in Atlanta.
  • Growing Our Reach
    Clothing assistance expands into community outreach, school support, hygiene essentials, seasonal programs, and collaborative events.
  • Today
    We are strengthening partnerships, referral resources, volunteer engagement, fundraising capacity, and year-round programming throughout Metro Atlanta.
  • Our Future
    A permanent Healing Closet Community Resource Center designed to bring clothing assistance, essential resources, referrals, donations, volunteers, and community partnerships under one roof.

What Guides Us

Our Core Beliefs

Our work is grounded in the belief that meeting an immediate need can also create an opportunity for dignity, connection, confidence, and lasting support.

Dignity

Every person deserves to receive assistance in a way that honors their humanity, choices, circumstances, and individuality.

Quality

Donated does not mean less deserving. We strive to provide clean, useful, quality items that we would feel comfortable giving to someone we love.

Community

No single organization can meet every need. Collaboration makes resources more accessible and strengthens our collective impact.

Restoration

Our goal extends beyond providing an item. We want each interaction to support confidence, stability, connection, and a person's next step forward.

Leadership

Meet Our Leadership Team

The Healing Closet is guided by leaders committed to responsible stewardship, community collaboration, organizational growth, and expanding access to resources throughout Metro Atlanta.

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Latoya Carter

Founder & President

Provides executive leadership, strategic direction, program development, partnerships, organizational oversight, and stewardship of The Healing Closet's mission and long-term vision.

Alaina Carr

Vice President

Supports organizational leadership, fundraising strategy, grant development, board initiatives, and resource development.

Committees

Fundraising • Grant Committee

Annie Murray

Treasurer

Supports financial oversight, fiscal accountability, organizational budgeting, financial planning, and responsible stewardship of organizational resources.

Committees

Finance • Grant Committee

Shirley Givens

Secretary

Supports organizational records, board documentation, governance processes, meeting accountability, and administrative continuity.

Focus Areas

Administrative Governance

Taylor Booker

Director of Programs, Outreach & Logistics

Helps coordinate programs, community outreach, clothing distributions, event operations, logistics, and implementation of community-serving initiatives.

Committees

Community Programs • Clothing Drives • Event Logistics • Outreach

Chris Carter

Director of Volunteer Services

Supports the recruitment, coordination, communication, and engagement of volunteers who help carry out The Healing Closet's programs and community activities.

Focus Areas

Volunteer Recruitment • Coordination • Engagement

Lamar Butler

Director of Public Relations

Supports organizational visibility, external communications, media engagement, public relations, community outreach, relationship development, and grant-related initiatives.

Committees & Focus Areas

Public Relations • Community Outreach • Media Relations • Communications • Grant Committee

Work With Us

Strong Communities Are Built Together.

Interested in collaborating with The Healing Closet, volunteering with our programs, or discussing a community partnership?

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Where We're Going

Our Vision for a Healing Closet Community Resource Center

We envision a permanent Metro Atlanta home where individuals and families can access clothing, essential supplies, resource navigation, and compassionate community support in one welcoming space.

Clothing & Essentials

A dedicated clothing resource area, hygiene pantry, seasonal essentials, and organized donation distribution.

Resource Navigation

A welcoming place where individuals can speak with a resource liaison and receive connections to community programs and services.

Donation Center

An organized location for receiving, sorting, storing, preparing, and distributing donated clothing and essential items.

Partner Network

Space to strengthen relationships with nonprofits, churches, agencies, businesses, and other community resource providers.

Volunteer Hub

A central location for volunteer orientation, donation sorting, care-kit assembly, outreach preparation, and group service projects.

Community Programming

A home base for year-round programs, workshops, outreach preparation, referrals, and community engagement.

Building the Vision Today

The Resource Center Begins Before We Have the Building.

Through outreach, volunteers, donations, community partnerships, care kits, and resource connections, we're building the network that will eventually operate from a permanent Healing Closet home.

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The Healing Closet Corp.

Location

Serving all cities within Metro Atlanta, Ga.

A 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization Tax ID: 32- 0678643

Contact

info@thehealingcloset.org
770-676-1955