KIDS NEED YOUR GENTLY USED WINTER COATS

The call is out for more than 1,600 used coats for needy students in the Davenport Community Schools and other surrounding public and private schools throughout the Mississippi Bend AEA’s coverage area. Current inventories are low following last year’s record-breaking number of requests. The Dr. David E. Lane Memorial “Coats for Kids” program has provided more than 6000 coats during just the past four winters.

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 Davenport Community Schools Foundation at 1606 Brady Street in Davenport, IA, 52803.

In its ninth year, 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.