Indian Heights United Methodist Church is responsible for the Clothing section of the Cross-Lines Christmas store, one of our major Outreach projects. Cross-Lines is an agency in Kansas City, Kansas, for poverty-level and disadvantaged families who would otherwise have a very meager Christmas or no Christmas at all. The Christmas Store began 32 years ago with tables piled high with used clothing from the Bishops Round-up. Today we have an organized store with new clothing for all children and gently used for adults. We have involved 25 area churches in providing a complete set of new outerwear, underwear, socks, caps, and mittens for each child and new or good used outfits plus new gloves, underwear, socks and caps for adults. Some of these churches provide money for jeans that we order from the Lee Company at wholesale prices. Flannel nightgowns or thermal underwear are available for the elderly. We have new or good used coats for children as needed. The store served over 700 families last year (2,600 people including 1,650 children). There is a special need for very large sized clothing for women. We have a sewing group that makes extra large outfits plus mends distressed merchandise that is donated by Wal-Mart. Also people and youth volunteer to sort the clothes through-out the year as the donated items come in and are put in storage until the Christmas Store is opened.