(above) Pictured here is Blue and Gold Club member, Valeria Castillo. This 6th grader was very helpful in assisting with the collection and delivery of the coats. Blue and Gold is a school-based, volunteer club. Students organize and take part in various projects throughout the year to help their community.
Blue and Gold Club Collects 268 Coats for Jersey Cares
Submitted by Linda Lospinoso Lampert
Recently, the Blue and Gold Club at Franklin Elementary School in Rahway collected a whopping 268 coats for their annual coat drive. The coats were delivered to Jersey Cares, an organization which helps people in New Jersey.
This is the 23rd year that Jersey Cares has collected coats. This year, they plan to collect and distribute more than 31,000 “gently used” winter coats to men, women, and children in need throughout New Jersey. Over the past twenty-one years, Jersey Cares has collected, sorted and distributed more than 500,000 coats to New Jersey residents through their annual drive.
Companies, churches, fire departments, police stations, schools, and other organizations set up sites across the state to collect coats. Coats are then delivered by collection site representatives to the nearest container site. Volunteers then sort the donated coats at the container site and bag them for pick-up, after which nonprofit organizations pick up their coats and distribute them to people in need.
For more information about Jersey Cares, check out jerseycares.org.
Photo by Rahway Public Schools
