Join The Coats For Kids Campaign

This year, as in years past, Mike McCarville is teaming up with the Oklahoma City Public School District, MidFirst Bank, and radio station KTOK (and show hosts Reid Mullins, 5-8 a.m., and Lee Matthews, 5-7 p.m.) to raise money to buy winter coats for elementary school students in the Oklahoma City system. The "Coats For Kids" campaign begins now and runs through mid-December. It may be hard for some to believe, but every year, the need exists for up to 3,000 warm winter coats for kids who don't have them. Donations go to the school system and the coats are purchased at discounts from participating retailers and wholesalers. The coats then are delivered to the administration building, where volunteers and school personnel sort them by lists provided by teachers at the elementary schools. The coats are sorted by male/female and size. They then are bagged and delivered by volunteers, or taken by school personnel, to each school to be given to the kids. There are several important things about this effort: First, every penny donated goes to buy a coat. There is no administrative overhead. Everything is handled by volunteers or school personnel. Second, donations are not tax-deductible since the district has no 501(3)c fund for this project.

If you'd like to help purchase coats for these kids, contributions may be dropped off at any MidFirst Bank location or sent to: Coats For Kids, 900 North Klein, Oklahoma City, OK 73106. Any amount is received with thanks. If you have a question, call 587-0010. Dr. Rochelle
Converse is the administrator of the program.

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