The Caring Link's Impact
LOCAL STUDENTS HELPED SINCE OUR FOUNDING
Since our founding in 2022, The Caring Link has helped ensure more than 37,000 local students have access to the essential resources they need to succeed.
The Numbers Behind the Love.
Every number represents a child who felt cared for, included, and ready to take on the world. Here's what our community made possible during the 2025-2026 school year!
Care Closets
Clothing, shoes, hygiene supplies, and everyday essentials to help local students feel confident, comfortable, and ready to learn.
New Beginnings
Helping local students start the school year feeling prepared, confident, and cared for.
Book Fairy
Giving students the joy of shopping their school book fairs right alongside their peers.
Care to Join
Helping students participate, discover their passions, build confidence, and belong.
Treated with Care
Providing school nurses with resources to care for their students throughout the school day.
Feed Our Friends
Helping fuel growing minds and keeping hunger from getting in the way of learning.
Prom Shop
Helping students dress up, show up, and shine at the big dance without the worry of cost.
BOO-tique
Making Halloween a little more magical so kids in need can join in the fall festivities.
Volunteer Power
Thousands of hours, hundreds of helping hands, and a whole lot of heart. Our volunteers make every bit of this impact possible!
Every item we provide is one less barrier standing between a child and their full potential.
What began as a commitment to help local children has grown into a community-wide effort to ensure students have the basic necessities they need to feel confident, cared for, and ready to learn.
Over the years, The Caring Link has continued to expand its reach, building partnerships with local schools, businesses, organizations, and volunteers to meet the needs of children in our community.
Today, we maintain 28 Care Closets serving more than 17,000 students across Madison County, complemented by eight additional enrichment programs that help kids feel supported, included, and ready to thrive. Behind it all are thousands of volunteer hours and a community that believes every child deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential.
From new clothing and shoes to hygiene products, school supplies, food, books, formalwear, and assistance with school activities, these aren’t simply items being distributed—they’re opportunities to remove barriers, restore confidence, and remind a child that they are seen, supported, and capable of amazing things.
Behind the Numbers
Behind every number is a child who walked into school with a need and walked away with something they didn’t have before—and, just as importantly, with the message that their community sees them, believes in them, and cares about their future.
Our impact cannot be measured only in shirts, backpacks, pairs of shoes, or shelves stocked.
It’s measured in the child who no longer has to worry about having clean clothes to wear.
In the student who gets to shop alongside their peers and choose a book of their own to take home.
In the hungry child who has a snack when they need one.
And in the teenager who gets to attend Prom feeling confident and included and ready to make lasting memories.
