Posted 11:13 pm Tuesday, October 02, 2012
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PATH seeking Coats for Kids donations
Staff Reports
Representatives from local nonprofits People Attempting to Help and the East Texas Food Bank stood inside a chilly freezer Monday to illustrate what a child experiences at a bus stop without a winter coat.
“We’ve only been in here about a minute, and we’re already uncomfortable,” Becky Duncan, community outreach coordinator for PATH, said. “Many children wait at a bus stop much longer than this.”
PATH’s annual collection of children’s coats will be held through the month of October.
Mrs. Duncan emphasized that this is one initiative that can be totally free for donors.
“These cold snaps remind parents to take out their children’s coat and see if it still fits,” she said. “They can take the coats to participating dry cleaners completely free of charge.”
“We’ve only been in here about a minute, and we’re already uncomfortable,” Becky Duncan, community outreach coordinator for PATH, said. “Many children wait at a bus stop much longer than this.”
PATH’s annual collection of children’s coats will be held through the month of October.
Mrs. Duncan emphasized that this is one initiative that can be totally free for donors.
“These cold snaps remind parents to take out their children’s coat and see if it still fits,” she said. “They can take the coats to participating dry cleaners completely free of charge.”
The participating cleaners who accept gently used coats for infants to 18-year-olds are The Cleaning Company, Dry Clean Super Center, Eagle Cleaners, Hart’s Cleaners, Lindale Cleaners, Lucky’s Cleaners, Regency Cleaners, Shannon’s Cleaners, VIP Cleaners and West Gentry Cleaners.
Participating cleaners will have a Coats for Kids sign in the window, Mrs. Duncan said.
New coats will be accepted at the PATH office, 402 W. Front St. Monetary donations also will be accepted at the PATH office and online at pathhelps.org.
The goal for this year is to collect 3,000 coats, Mrs. Duncan said. Last year the organization gave away 3,700, either during the distribution days directly to families or to other nonprofits the agency partners with.
Call 903-597-4044 for more information.
Participating cleaners will have a Coats for Kids sign in the window, Mrs. Duncan said.
New coats will be accepted at the PATH office, 402 W. Front St. Monetary donations also will be accepted at the PATH office and online at pathhelps.org.
The goal for this year is to collect 3,000 coats, Mrs. Duncan said. Last year the organization gave away 3,700, either during the distribution days directly to families or to other nonprofits the agency partners with.
Call 903-597-4044 for more information.
