NEWS 10’s COATS FOR KIDS DRIVE

Each year News10, working with The Salvation Army, Swanson's Cleaners, and Gottschalk’s collects thousands of new and used winter coats. The coats are sorted and cleaned by Swanson's Cleaners in the Sacramento area, and various other cleaners in the San Joaquin and Stanislaus area. After cleaning, the coats are distributed to needy families throughout the News10 viewing area. Special emphasis is placed on making sure that every child has an adequate coat.

Coats can be donated until December 18, 2009, at any of the locations listed here, or at any of these events. <--Click on links to see lists.

Coats will be distributed by The Salvation Army on December 30, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (or until all coats are gone) at Cal Expo in Sacramento and at The Salvation Army locations in Antioch, Fairfield, Lodi, Modesto, Roseville, Stockton and Yuba City.

For more info on this great event, including deals and discounts from local merchants for donating coats, visit News 10's Coats for Kids Drive page.

REMEMBER, both new and gently used coats are welcome. Used coats do not have to be freshly cleaned; Swanson's Cleaners will clean the coats. All sizes are welcome, but children's coats are in particularly short demand.

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