Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Coats For Kids Drive Sets Record For NBCC

The numbers are in for the annual Coats 4 Kids Drive put on by our local community college.

NBCC Student Services Representative Carolyn Tatton tells Tide News a total of 205 coats were donated from October through to January.

Tatton says, this is not just the most ever collected at the St. Andrews school, its almost double their record.

She says among other winter clothing, an anonymous donor gave more than a dozen pairs of homemade mittens, as well as one of their students knitted winter hats.

All donations will be split between the Volunteer Centre of Charlotte County in St. Stephen and the Community Living Centre in St. George.

Tatton says she is very excited to begin the Drive again and she already has people telling her they are saving their coats to donate for next year.