[Chat] Annual Coat drive

[Stephen J Gewirtz]

On 4/21/2011 9:59 AM, Christian Wilson wrote:
>
> Councilwoman Clarke and Stephen Gewirtz:
>
> Please print the following in your next "What's Happening" weekly 
> report and Stephen please circulate through your list:
>
> Dear Neighbors:
>
> Our coat drive this year was extremely successful in that we collected 
> 700+ coats and delivered over 4,000 pounds of clothing to various 
> schools, organizations and institutions in the City of Baltimore.  
> This meant that children that might have had to go to school without 
> warm clothing found relief in these clothing donations.  It also 
> provided warm coats to Mercy Hospital for the Homeless that are served 
> by this facility and it gave us the opportunity to serve the IRC with 
> clothing for children and adults who have escaped from the Sudan, 
> Iraq, Iran and various other countries with only the clothese on their 
> back.
>
> We would like to thank the following participants who made this drive 
> possible:
>
> Heart's Place Shelter
> St, John's United Methodist Church
> The Book Thing
> Ms. Tweefie Milspaugh
> Neighbors, friends and people in the industry, too numerous to name 
> herein
> Mary Pat Clarke who put us in contact with Mercy Hospital
>
> So next year remember that we will still be running this service for 
> those in need, so don't throw away that coat, mittins, gloves, hats 
> and sweaters because there are people who need them and with a little 
> cleaning and sometimes fixing they can be recycled back to society.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Christian and Pamela Wilson
> 9 East 27th St.
> Baltimore, MD 21218
> Phone: 410-235-1755
> Fax: 410-235-1766
> e-mail: cwilson at portlightinc.com
>

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