Coats for Kids

By minn_wendy
October 5th, 2006 @ 12:01 PM Things To Do

KSTP’s 5 Eyewitness News and the Salvation Army have started their annual Coats for Kids drive. It runs through October 13th.

Dave Dahl and Patrick Hammer, the meteorologists for the station, will be broadcasting from the station’s front lawn in St. Paul, encouraging viewers to drop off their coat donations during the midday, 4 p.m., 5 p.m. 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. newscasts.

Accoridng to KSTP, “for 21 years, the Coats for Kids program has provided coats for Twin Cities’ children. More than 252,000 coats and winter accessories have been distributed to Twin Cities’ children through Coats for Kids since the program began.” This year, the station has a goal of collecting 15,000 winter coats.

You can download a poster to distribute on how to donate a coat. There’s also information available for those who may be in need of a coat for the upcoming winter months.

The Salvation Army’s website lists the addresses for all locations accept new or gently used coats. There’s definitely a location near you.

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7 Comments so far

  1. Justin (unregistered) on October 5th, 2006 @ 12:32 pm

    Is there any info about what coat sizes are most in need, or which ones they need more of?

  2. wendy (unregistered) on October 5th, 2006 @ 12:33 pm

    The only info I could find is what’s listed on the links I included in the post.

  3. Joe (unregistered) on October 5th, 2006 @ 2:46 pm

    Hey Wendy, think we could get a posting on the protests going on right now here in Minneapolis and across the nation?

    I’ll drop off my extra coat, if you do.

  4. wendy (unregistered) on October 5th, 2006 @ 2:48 pm

    Wish I could help! I’m in Bloomington and am only reading bits and pieces of what’s going on!

  5. Erica (unregistered) on October 5th, 2006 @ 4:05 pm

    Protest? What protest? I just surfed the local news sites and a couple of national sites and didn’t find anything.

  6. wendy (unregistered) on October 5th, 2006 @ 4:06 pm

    I heard it was an anti-Bush protest of some sort. imagine that.

  7. Erica (unregistered) on October 5th, 2006 @ 4:11 pm

    Maybe I’ll have to wait until the evening news, then.


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