2008 Coats For Kids Fund Drive Underway

Radio station KTOK has kicked off this year's annual "Coats For Kids" fundraising effort to buy warm winter coats for Oklahoma City elementary school children who need them.

The primary beneficiaries of the effort are Hispanic and African-American students in inner-city schools.

Former KTOK talk show host Mike McCarville, who adopted the program as a project more than 10 years ago, said he was startled to learn the scope of the need when he first examined the program in the mid-1990s: "3,500...that's the number I was given for kids who come to school without warm winter coats. Amazing. Those of us who live comfortable lives and make sure our kids and grandkids have proper winter clothing sometimes forget there are families where such things are luxuries they can't afford. As I've said: Donate to 'Coats For Kids' and you'll feel warm and fuzzy all over."

Donations may be dropped at any MidFirst Bank location or mailed to Coats For Kids, 900 North Klein, Oklahoma City, OK 73107.

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