Amador County – Dozens of local businesses and schools in Amador and Calaveras counties will be accepting donations of gently used and fully operational coats for the Second Annual “Coated with Love” coat drive, sponsored by Servpro of Jackson.
The drive began last week when Wilma S. Fortich of Servpro Fire & Water Cleanup & Restoration service announced the second annual drive in an appearance on TSPN’s AM Live last Friday, Sept. 30.
The coats will be accepted at dozens of businesses in Amador County, and all elementary schools in Amador and Calaveras counties, as well as Argonaut and Amador High Schools, and Ione Junior High. The coats will be accepted in all sizes, and preferably in new condition to gently used conditions. Fortich asked that the coats have operating buttons, snaps and zippers, with no holes or stains. The coats will be distributed once again by the non-profit Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency.
Organizers hope that people with old coats cluttering up their closets, which are still in working condition, but no longer worn by the owners, will throw their coats into their cars and drop them at one of the “Coated with Love” donation boxes at dozens of participating businesses or schools.
Donors will get a coupon for a free hot beverage from Jamba Juice (one per household). Thomi’s Café also will give each donor household a $5 gift card. New York Fitness will give each donor a $10 day pass or class pass. Those businesses will have drop-off boxes.
Other box locations are Servpro, State Farm in Jackson or Sutter Creek, Farmers Insurance, Matich/Vukovich Insurance, AAA insurance, Kritsi Roots Insurance, Manassero Insurance, TSPN and ACES Waste Service in Pine Grove and Ione.
Other locations in Jackson are Kaizen, Play It Again Sports, Amador County Chamber of Commerce, and A Cut Above. Martell locations are Gold Country Lanes, Ledger-Dispatch and The Glass Doctor. Upcountry locations are IGA Payless Market, Volcano Telecommunications, and Community Christian School. Ione locations include Aces Hardware and Ione Plaza Market.
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