<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/student-led-clothing-drive.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>01/12/2026</pubDate><title>Student-Led Clothing Drive, Pop-Up Thrift Shop Endeavors to Break Stigma, Boost Confidence at Career Fair</title><description>Move over Savers and Plato’s Closet. The University of New Haven Career Closet is where it’s at when it comes to finding unique and trendy styles at the right price... FREE!</description><hide-description/><author> Kaitlyn Pinheiro</author><author-details>Office of Marketing and Communications</author-details><hide-author/><date>January 12, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/general/2026/student-volunteers.jpg" alt="student-volunteers"/></image><image-caption>Volunteers, including students from a “Diversity &amp; Social Justice class” taught by Patricia Sampley Krupnikoff, M Ed., helped organize and prep the Career Closet before a collection drive in December.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>office-career-development-center</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>