Above / If your coat closet is crammed with warm items you no longer wear, the 21st Annual Rotary Sunrise Winter Clothing Drive is set to collect any gently-used outerwear through Dec. 8 at locations throughout the city. Items will be donated to Hesed House and Sharing Connections.
The Rotary Club of Naperville Sunrise announces the start of its 21st annual clothing drive to benefit individuals, all ages and sizes, in need of warm winter clothing. Rotary volunteers are placing boxes in the community to receive clean and gently-used or new donations of coats, jackets, hats, gloves, scarves and mittens. All sizes, infant through XXXL adult, are accepted.
The annual coat drive kicked off during the club’s weekly breakfast meeting on Nov. 8, 2019, at the Naperville Country Club and runs through Sun., Dec. 8, 2019.
“The mission of Rotary is ‘Service Above Self,’ and we are proud to partner with Hesed House and Sharing Connections to deliver warm clothing to those in our area who are in need in the upcoming winter season,” said Becky Anderson, Rotary Club of Naperville Sunrise President. “The Naperville community has always been very generous, and we look forward to another successful Winter Clothing Drive.”
Drop-off Locations
As the need grows, the Rotary Club of Naperville Sunrise continues to attract new collection partners. This year, in addition to all Naperville Fire Stations and Naperville Park District facilities, boxes will be placed at business locations in downtown Naperville, Naperville Plaza, Market Meadows and more.
Collection sites include Anderson’s Bookstore, Casey’s Foods, Colbert Custom Framing & Art Printing, Office of Dr. Thomas Delacey, DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church, Dutchman Heating, Coldwell Banker Naper Boulevard Office, Fair Oaks Ford, Kroehler YMCA, Naper Grove Vision Care, Naperville Bank & Trust (all locations), Naperville Clinical Associates, Newman Architecture, Northwestern Mutual Financial in Aurora, Pella Doors and Windows, Raymond James, Wells Fargo Advisors and the Views of Naperville.
Thanks for donating gently-used warm clothing
As you and your family prepare for the winter months, organizers welcome clean and gently-used donations of warm clothing for the Rotary Club of Naperville Sunrise Winter Clothing Drive.
For further information about the Rotary Club of Naperville/Sunrise, visit www.napervillesunrise.org.
Note! Rotary/Sunrise is one of four Rotary Clubs of Naperville. In addition to the Winter Clothing Drive, Rotary/Sunrise is the club that hosts NaperLights during the holiday season and the St. Paddy’s Day 5K to kick off the running season in March.
