As summer starts to slide away, the weather turns and suddenly you need a coat.
So do many others — which is why the Rotary Club of Parksville AM and the Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise have partnered up with the leadership classes of Ballenas and Kwalicum Secondary School to organize the annual Coats for Kids fundraiser.
The campaign is a volunteer-driven effort seeking to bring warmth to those who need it most.
According to a news release issued by Rotary, Coats for Kids is “an opportunity for you to clean out your closets and make a much needed donation of gently used coats and winter accessories like scarves and gloves to the folks in our community who could really use them to keep warm this winter.”
Parksville Qualicum Beach residents have supported this cause since 1996.
People can drop off coats and accessories from Sept. 22 to Oct. 20 at: any District 69 school, Parksville Kiddie Kollege, Marlin Travel, the Parksville Library, Quality Foods (Nanoose and Parksville), Qualicum Foods, Thrifty Foods, Save-On-Foods, Coastal Community Credit Union (Parksville, Nanoose Bay, Qualicum Beach locations), Close to You Ladies Fashions, Island Cleaning Supplies, CIBC (Qualicum), Royal Bank of Canada (Qualicum), BMO (Qualicum), NR Insurance Services, TD Canada Trust (Qualicum) and Suds & Duds Laundromat.
Distribution of the coats, which will be at no cost, takes place Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Society of Organized Services Building (SOS) located at 245 West Hirst Avenue in Parksville, as well as the Errington Hall located at 1390 Errington Road.
For more information on Coats for Kids please contact Cara MacDonald at 250-927-3781 or Garnet Millar, 250-752-1350.
