Sherman couple giving away remaining stock of children's adaptive clothing

A Sherman company that designs clothing for children with disabilities and medical needs is giving away what is left of its inventory at a drive-thru event in Sherman, free while supplies last, and is taking requests now through an online form. For Cooke County families, that is a short drive east for garments that usually carry a retail price.

The Charlotte Letter is careful on its request form about what the event is not. Families who come through the drive-thru line get first claim on the stock. Requests to ship will be considered only after the event is over. The company says plainly that it may not be able to fill a request by item, size, style, quantity or adaptive feature.

The purpose of the clothing, in the company's words on that form, is to help children with disabilities and medical needs reach what they need more easily while still looking and feeling like kids. A Sherman Economic Development Corporation video identifies the cofounders as Stephanie Brooks and her husband, Kameron, and describes the business as an adaptive apparel company for children with chronic illness and special needs.

The company has local public backing behind it. SEDCO minutes record a unanimous board vote on May 10, 2022, authorizing $50,000 in RISE funding assistance for The Charlotte Letter. The corporation's 2021-2022 results tie that award to a private investment of roughly $128,500 and as many as 17 jobs over five years. Sherman's 2024 housing study later listed the deal at 10 new jobs, with the company at full production.

What makes clothing adaptive is mechanical. Walmart's shopping guidance for the category tells parents to look for g-tube access points, openings wide enough for AFO or KAFO braces, magnetic or snap closures and flexible waists. Kohl's describes adaptive clothes as made for people who have trouble dressing on their own or who have sensory issues, citing two-way zippers, flat seams and tag-free labels.

Those features are sold, not given. Target introduced adaptive pieces under its Cat & Jack label in 2018, and Kohl's added adaptive lines to three of its largest private-label children's brands in 2019. Current Target listings include an adaptive union suit three-pack at about $48, and Kohl's lists adaptive joggers at about $17 at regular price.

Census QuickFacts estimates Cooke County at about 44,500 residents as of July 1, 2025, roughly a fifth of them under 18. Close to one in ten people under 65 here reported a disability in the 2020-2024 estimates, above the statewide rate, and about one in five under 65 had no health insurance. Grayson County, where the giveaway will be held, runs close on both measures. Nationally, the CDC puts developmental disability among children ages 3 to 17 at about one in six, and its National Center for Health Statistics reported diagnosed cases in that age group rose between 2019 and 2021.