Wenatchee’s Make A Difference Day: Coats For Kids Drive Details
Saturday, October 26th is the 34th Annual Make A Difference Day in Wenatchee. The concept of a day of community service and volunteerism has always been well supported here.
Make a Difference Day was created by USA Weekend magazine, a sister publication to USA Today as a way to encourage community involvement and volunteerism. The fourth Saturday in October is set aside each year as Make a Difference Day.
The Greater Wenatchee Area has been recognized for the levels of participation, earning 9 national awards including top honors for the first Make A Difference Day in 1992.
An easy project to support on Make A Difference Day is the Coats For Kids Drive. Townsquare Media radio station personalities and our staff will be taking donations of new and gently used clean coats, hats and gloves in the Albertson's parking lot in Wenatchee (located at 1128 N. Miller St. Wenatchee)
A drive through drop off for donations or a cash contribution will be open between 10am and 2pm Volunteers from Serve Wenatchee will distribute all donations to kids in need in the Wenatchee, Eastmont School Districts and Orondo.
Executive Director Mike Malmin says school liasons in the classrooms have requests for 1,200 coats this year, an increase of about 200 from last year and an indicator of the difficult times many families are facing, according to Malmin.
The requests come from the school district liasons who know the needs of individual students in each classroom. There is a real demand for boys jackets in the older middle school and high school student age ranges.
Our Townsquare Media partners on Coats For Kids are Apple Valley Honda and the Wenatchee World.
At Townsquare Media, we are encouraging you to get involved in a community project
Many organizations participating in Make a Difference Day 2024 will be located in the Plaza at Pybus Public Market on Saturday the 26th from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Here is a link to projects registered on the Make A Difference Day website
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