Coats for Kids 26th year

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Former Chief Meteorologist Carl Nichols will continue to lead WDTN’s Coats For Kids campaign by kicking off its 26th year. Project corporate partners are Jeff Schmitt Auto Group, Handyman Ace Hardware, the Cintas Corporation and Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley. For the past twenty-five years, this project has provided warm coats for needy children throughout the Miami Valley.

“Recognizing the fact that for many local families, buying new winter coats for their children is an impossible dream, our hope is to help make sure that winter will be a little warmer for needy youngsters,” said Sharon D. Howard, Executive Director of Community & Public Relations.

The campaign, scheduled to run from October 5th through October 31st, will again ask viewers to take any washable coat their children may have outgrown to any location of our corporate sponsors (locations attached) and place them in a Coats For Kids barrel. The Cintas Corporation will then launder the coats at no charge and give them to Goodwill, which in turn, will distribute the coats to those individuals and families truly in need of assistance. “We are especially in need of infant and toddler coats,” Howard said.

In 2008, Miami Valley residents donated over 8000 coats; since the launch of the campaign, over 465,000 coats have been collected.

CARL’S COATS FOR KIDS DROP LOCATIONS

Handyman Ace Hardware – Kettering
1950 E. Stroop Road
Kettering, OH 45429
937-424-8570

Handyman Ace Hardware - Wilmington Avenue
1229 Wilmington Avenue
Dayton, OH 45420
937-293-8111

Handyman Ace Hardware - Northtown
4249 N. Main Street
Dayton, OH 45405
937-278-5825

Handyman Ace Hardware - Miamisburg
1240 E. Central Avenue
Miamisburg, OH 45342
937-865-0320

Handyman Ace Hardware - Springfield
504 S. Burnett Road
Springfield, OH 45505
937-324-4123

Handyman Ace Hardware - Xenia
165 S. Orange Street
Xenia, OH 45385
937-376-5751

Handyman Ace Hardware - Fairborn
122 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Road
Fairborn, OH 45324
937-879-7866

Handyman Ace Hardware - Centerville
7845 Clyo Road
Centerville, OH 45459
937-433-5536

Jeff Schmitt Chevrolet
1001 N. Broad Street
Fairborn, OH 45324
937-878-3471

Jeff Schmitt Nissan
725 Alpha Road
Beavercreek, OH 45433
937-878-3471

Jeff Schmitt Cadillac
631 Orchard Lane
Beavercreek, OH 45434
937-458-3164

Jeff Schmitt Mitsubishi
1045 N. Central Avenue
Fairborn, OH 45324
937-879-4036

Jeff Schmitt Mazda
646 Alpha Road
Beavercreek, OH 45434
937-878-3471

WDTN-TV
4595 S. Dixie Avenue
Dayton, OH 45439
937-293-2101