The Tahoma girls water polo team joined with Clothes for the Cause from June 12-14 to raise money for the team.

Clothes for the Cause is a fundraising company who collects clothes in exchange for cash.

The team accepted clothing and shoes in any condition and gave the collected items to Clothes for the Cause.

The water polo team was then given the total for its collected items measured in dollars per pound.

The Tahoma water polo booster club president Erika Hanger said this was the second time since March that the team held a fundraiser with Clothes for the Cause.

Coach Amanda Saunders said June’s fundraiser didn’t see many walk ups because the team had been collecting donations for the past few months.

In the three days the team held its fundraiser, the girls collected nearly four tons of clothing, shoes and household textiles, Marketing Director for Clothes for the Cause Monica Stamper wrote in an email the team raised close to $1,600 to help fund its inaugural year.

“(This was) such a great way to help people get rid of things they don’t want or need to in turn give a school team the cash they need to invest in our local youth,” Stamper said.