One of the clothing donation boxes for Positive Tomorrows located in Norman. This box resides and the George and Stinson intersection next to the OU intramural fields.

The Little Red Bin That Could

Red donation bins for clothing have been placed throughout the Oklahoma City region including Norman, making it easier for the community to impact the lives of others. One donation to these bins has three impacts. The first place clothing goes is Positive Tomorrows, a school in Oklahoma City that is specially for homeless children, then any extra is shipped to American Recyclers in Tulsa and extras from there are shipped to third world countries.

Positive Tomorrows educates homeless students Kindergarten through 5th grade. The students are usually living in a shelter or are in some other kind of unfortunate living situation. Positive Tomorrows was created for these students because they were getting left out of the public school system since they didn't have a permanent address.

"We are trying to make a difference in a child's life, it's not just educational skills," said Sandy Thomas, volunteer coordinator at Positive Tomorrows.

In the spring of 2010 Positive Tomorrows will undergo the application process to become an accredited school. If this is granted to them then new funding opportunities will arise so that they can offer education through the 12th grade to a larger number of students.

Click here to listen to Sandy Thomas talk about what a regular day is like for a Positive Tomorrows student.