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Would anyone be interested in a Wooter coat drive?

Nov 15, 2012 6:32 PM

I had this idea yesterday when I was writing answers in a post about New York City.
I work here, and I live right across the river. There is a great need for coats this season due to superstorm Sandy. The NY Cares coat drive is looking for donations of new/used coats. http://newyorkcares.org/volunteer/holiday_volunteering/coat_drive/donation_locations.php

I'm hoping with out deal-finding skills I can get together a bunch of willing Wooters to donate a coat. I'll put together a list of upcoming sales if people are interested and provide y'all with an address where the coats can be shipped.

I've been involved with NY Cares for many years and they are on the up-and-up.

curli76 curli76

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I have a ton of coats that my kids AND I have grown out of. I was going to drop them off at our local resale shop but if you have an addy for ship to, please post.

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@coreyking: Thanks, Corey, that's very generous. I don't want to take money away from one of your local charities, but if you are so inclined NY Cares is also accepting gently used coats and I will post the address as soon as I have it. (I hate shipping anything by hand, so when I think of donating a coat, I think, "Who has free shipping? I'll buy from them.")

curli76 curli76
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I have a few coats to spare.

jsimsace jsimsace
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Not a bad idea, but I'm already supporting a local charity drive for coats and sweaters.

magic cave magic cave
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I says in the link that any nyc library will take coats. I'm not far from Queens.

dontwantaname dontwantaname
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My two-year old has outgrown a few coats. I wonder if they have a special need for toddler/baby sized coats? It would make sense.

I looked on their website and found the address to ship coats to:

ATTN: The New York Cares Coat Drive
157 West 31st Street, Basement 2
New York, NY 10001

It does mention while talking about sorting coats that toddler/infant coats are one of the sorting categories. I guess I know where I'm shipping some tiny coats now. Thanks for letting us know about this.

Marshall

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