Kids & Family

Where to Donate Coats This Winter

Local drop-off sites for largest-ever Jersey Cares coat drive.

Getting a new coat for Christmas? Consider donating gently used old jackets to one of these two efforts: 

Donations for Human Needs Food Pantry

Cianna Winkler, from Verona, the2014 Miss New Jersey Junior High America, is holding a coat drive to benefit the Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair. 

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Jersey Cares Coat Drive

This year’s Jersey Cares Coat Drive promises to be “super” in a number of ways.

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The goal of the 18th annual drive is to collect 60,000 coats — 50% more than last year. 

To help achieve that goal, Jersey Cares has partnered with the 2014 NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee, Wal-Mart and New York Cares to create The Super Community Coat Drive, what could very well be the largest coat drive ever.

Consider donating your gently used coats to men, women and children in need.

The collection is under way and continues through Feb. 7, 2014, with many local drop-off sites, including:

Caldwell United Methodist Church
8 Academy Road, Caldwell
24/7 outdoor drop-off
Through Dec. 31
973-226-4410 

Essex Fine Arts Gallery
13 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair
973-783-8666
Tuesdays, noon to 4 p.m.
Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Unity of Montclair Church
84 Orange Road, Montclair
973-746-8417
Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

FastFrame
691 Bloomfield Ave., Suite 1, Montclair
Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
973-746-3388

In addition to donations, volunteers are needed to collect and sort coats. 

For a list of all participating sites and more information on volunteer opportunities, visit http://www.jerseycares.org.


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