Annual coat giveaway hands out more than 150 coats to local citizens in need

[November 08, 2023]     On November 1st Donna Burr and Linda Myers hosted their annual Holy Family Coat Drive at Carroll Catholic School in Lincoln. It was a day off for the school and the ladies were graciously allowed to set up their coat event. The coat give away has been held annually for the past 15 years. They began using the white building that was on the north side of the CCS parking lot.

When that building was torn down, the event was moved to the Holy Family Food Pantry building. However, the needs at the pantry have increased to the point that this year there was not enough space available at the pantry for the ladies. Therefore, because there was no school on November 1st at CCS, the women were offered the front entrance area as for the distribution of coats.

This year, there were more than 150 coats provided to Logan County citizens. The ladies also had on had socks, hats, gloves, hoodies, blankets, and fresh produce and other miscellaneous items.

They shared that this year they were touched and excited to be able to offer one customer whose furnace had gone out the night before, coat, blankets and other items to help shield her from the cold in her home while she awaited her furnace being repaired.

[Chassidy White]