2015 Dutchess Outreach Annual Coat Drive
The air is starting to cool, prompting warmer blankets, cups of hot apple cider, and that favorite jacket to keep cozy. Fall is here and with it comes Dutchess Outreach’s annual Susan DeKeukelaere Memorial Coat Drive, sponsored by Guardian Self Storage. We need your help to collect adult and children’s winter coats and jackets, especially plus sizes, that are clean and in good condition. There are eight distribution sites around Dutchess County that will give coats to those in need and help keep our neighbors warm this winter. Last year about 5,000 coats were collected and distributed. With your help we plan to increase that number this year.
Coats can be dropped off at any Guardian Self Storage location throughout Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster counties. Other drop off sites are Raymour and Flanagan Clearance Center on 757 Vassar Road and all Red Cap Cleaners locations. Coats will be collected at these locations from Oct. 1 through Oct.31. Coats also can be dropped off at the Rhinebeck Bank branches, Scheer Cleaners in Red Hook and Rhinebeck, and Town and Country Cleaners from Oct. 6 through Oct. 24. For more information call Dutchess Outreach at 845-454-3792.
Dutchess Outreach has been serving clients since 1974, providing temporary basic needs for individuals and families when no other resources are readily available to them. In addition to the Annual Coat Drive, the Beverly Closs Food Pantry and the Lunch Box meal programs, the staff at Dutchess Outreach provide advocacy for people in need of emergency housing, rent, medicine, and other social services. Their services are free to clients in need. For more information, visit www.dutchessoutreach.org.
