2009 Highlights
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Year end distribution exceeded 600,000 new winter coats since inception in 1998.
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Executed year two of the Driving Away the Cold campaign with the Auto Dealers Caring for Kids Foundation resulting in approximately 18,000 children receiving new coats in the Delaware Valley.
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Instituted a national partnership program with service clubs, specifically Rotary Clubs, throughout the United States and welcomed Rich Lalley, President of the Winnetka, IL club to our team to lead the program.
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Instituted a university program that partners with sororities, fraternities and other university service clubs to implement "Operation Warm in a Box" on their campuses to provide new winter coats to elementary school children in need in their university communities.
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In partnership with Villanova University developed a curriculum on the environment and clean water that the university students, Rotarians and others can use as a "teachable opportunity" in conjunction with a coat distribution.
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Distributed 10,000 new green winter coats with the shell material made from twelve recycled plastic bottles.
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Doubled our Chicago distribution to 10,000 new winter coats in partnership with the Chicago Housing Authority and a distribution/service fair that accessed 45 providers to 2500 families.
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Included an inner label Made Especially For You: Name, Address, School as a response to so many children asking if they could keep the coat. |
