Morris Township Collecting Winter Coats As Part Of Jersey Cares Drive

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J.– For the third year, the Morris Township Department of Parks & Recreation is participating in the Jersey Cares annual coat drive.

Through Dec. 7, the department will be collecting gently used winter coats for men, women and children, officials said in a press release.

A collection box will be available beginning Tuesday in the lobby of the Morris Township Municipal Building, officials said.

This is the 21st annual coat drive.

Jersey Cares stated it plans to collect and distribute more than 30,000 winter coats to those in eed.

The organization said it's collected over 450,000 coats over the past 20 years.

Companies, churches, fire departments, police stations, schools and other organizations set up sites across the state to collect coats, according to the organization.
Coats are then delivered by collection site representatives to the nearest container site, according to Jersey Cares.

Volunteers then sort the donated coats at the container site and bag them for pick-up, after which nonprofit organizations pick up their coats and distribute them to people in need, according to the organization.

Coats can be dropped off between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and 8:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Wednesdays.

In 2015, Morris Township collected more than 100 coats, officials said.

For more information, call (973) 326-7371.

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