Woodstock Lions Club To Hold Annual Coat Drive

WOODSTOCK, GA — The Woodstock Lions Club will soon kick off an annual coat drive to ensure less fortunate residents will stay warm during the winter months. From Dec. 15 to Jan. 19, 2019, you can drop off clean, gently-worn coats at Copper Coin Coffee at 400 Chambers Street. Residents are asked to help the Woodstock Lions Club reach its goal of collecting 200 coats for the season.

“We are so excited about our upcoming One Warm Coat drive and hope the community will support us," said Coat Drive Ambassador and local resident Gopinath Govindaraj. "There are nearly 50 million Americans currently living in poverty and struggling to provide a warm coat for themselves or their families. One Warm Coat’s program helps us keep all of the coats we collect in this community, which will make a big difference for our neighbors who need a coat."

Each year, hundreds of thousands of gently worn coats are distributed across North America to children, women and men in need through One Warm Coat’s Coat Drive program.

One Warm Coat is a national nonprofit organization that works to provide a free, warm coat to any person in need and raises awareness of the vital need for warm coats. The organization supports individuals, groups and companies by providing the tools and resources needed to hold a successful coat drive.

Coats are distributed in the communities where they were collected, to any person in need, without charge or obligation. Over the past 25 years, One Warm Coat has worked with its volunteers to give away nearly 5 million coats. You can learn more about One Warm Coat by visiting its website.

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