LOCAL 1849-F members at the Town of Friday Harbor held a successful coat drive recently to ensure nobody went without a basic necessity such as a coat this winter.
The staff invited residents to drop off clean and gently used coats and jackets at the town hall administrative offices, from where the San Juan Island Family Resource Center distributed them as part of the One Warm Coat community service project, free of charge, to local children and adults.
The drive resulted in 243 coats being dropped off at the offices, most of which were distributed to more than 90 San Juan Island families. Surplus coats were distributed on Lopez Island.
“Almost all of the coats were like new and in very good condition.This community should be very proud of themselves for helping others in need,” says Roxanna Zalmanek, a member of the local union’s executive board. “Most were adult coats. When we do this again later this year we will emphasize that we need children’s coats as well.”
