The call is out for used coats for needy students in the Davenport Community Schools and other surrounding public and private schools throughout the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency’s coverage area. The Dr. David E. Lane Memorial “Coats for Kids” program has provided over 10,000 coats for kids since it’s inception in 1999.

Donations of winter coats (new or used) may be taken to any Burke Cleaners location in the Iowa Quad Cities. The greatest need is for coats in children’s sizes 7-14, both boys and girls. Cash donations may be made to the Coats for Kids program, in care of the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, 729 21^st Street, Bettendorf, IA 52722.

The Coats for Kids program is operated by volunteers from participating schools, businesses and the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency (AEA). Coats are collected, cleaned, sized and then packaged for distribution at individual schools. The program serves schools in all districts within the AEA’s service area.

The Coats for Kids program is named after Dr. David E. Lane who was a Davenport Community Schools administrator and member of the charter Coats for Kids committee at the time of his death in 1999.

Coats For Kids link

http://www.aea9.k12.ia.us/en/area_nine_schools/coats_for_kids/