Several times a week, you can find Christophe Waggoner digging through piles of clothes at a thrift store in central Texas. Unlike some of the other shoppers, though, he's looking for items that can be made into Halloween costumes.

"I'm trying to see if anything catches my attention," Waggoner says, "It's usually either shiny, furry or sparkly."

His vision: To create costumes out of thrifted treasures and donate them to those in need.

"I want everybody, all the kids, their parents, whatever, to feel like they're getting the same thing that somebody went out and bought," Waggoner says.

At his home in Austin, he washes, glues and sews the costumes he finds, redesigning the garments into something new.

He then hosts events in the fall where kids can pick out their Halloween costumes for

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