Like most other shops, the Soroptimist Clothes Closet in Manahawkin, operated by the LBI chapter of Soroptimist International, has been a casualty of COVID-19, having been closed since March. Many women in need have gone without new clothing while the shop, still bestrewn in winter wear, remains shuttered. Meanwhile, summer inventory continues to be stowed away in a storage locker.

To clear out inventory and make up some of the income lost through cancellation of the chapter’s major fundraiser, the…