WBRZ - Baton Rouge

Kids grow, coats don't.
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November 2nd through November 28th
Pack the POD is November 19th!

 Pat's Coats for Kids begins 21st year
Helping needy children stay warm in our community

Over the past 21 years, Pat Shingleton and WBRZ have given away over 172,000 coats, warming hearts across eleven parishes. This year Pat’s Coats for Kids needs your help, to give every child in our community warmth this winter.

The need is great again this year, and with your support, Pat’s Coats for Kids can meet that need. Please bring gently used coats to the locations listed below, mail checks or money orders to 1650 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, or donate by credit card .

Pat’s Coats for Kids is able to purchase high quality coats at a substantial discount – approximately $20 per coat – so please encourage friends, family and co-workers to contribute what they can. Remember, 100% of your donations are used to purchase new coats. Together, we can give these children something many of them have never had before – a new coat of their very own.

WBRZ will host Pack the POD on November 19, 2009, at the Wal-Mart on College Drive.  Pack the POD is a one-day community donation drive, where we attempt to pack portable-on-demand storage units with new coats, used coats, and monetary donations.  WBRZ will broadcast live from Pack the POD throughout the day on WBRZ’s 2une In, Noon, 4pm, 5pm, and 6pm newscasts. Schools, churches and businesses holding internal coat drives are invited to bring their donations to Pack the POD. The public is also encouraged to attend.

If your child is in need of a coat, please contact his or her school counselor. Coat requests are submitted to Pat’s Coats for Kids by schools in the following parishes: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. Coats will be distributed by school counselors on December 11.

WBRZ would like to thank the YMCA of the Capitol Area, The Boy Scouts of America Istrouma Area Council and St. Vincent de Paul, for their help to make Pat’s Coats for Kids a success year after year.

Coldwell Banker ONE Charity Auction
November 18, 5:30 p.m. at Ralph & Kacoo's

For more information about the Coldwell Banker ONE Charity Auction, CLICK HERE.

If you would like to donate a coat:

Coats are accepted at any location of the YMCA of the Capital Area, Coldwell Banker One or Neighbor’s Federal Credit Union.

If you would like to make a monetary donation:

Make checks payable to: Pat's Coats for Kids

             To mail a check, send to:                          Pat’s Coats for Kids
                                                                                    c/o WBRZ-TV
                                                                                    P. O. Box 2906
                                                                                    Baton Rouge, LA  70821

To use VISA or MasterCard, donate here:

Or visit any location of Neighbor’s Federal Credit Union.

Checks can also be dropped off at any location listed below:

WBRZ-TV
1650 Highland Road
Baton Rouge, LA  70802

YMCA Capitol Area Locations

• 8100 YMCA Plaza Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
• 8482 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
• 350 S Foster Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70806
• 1735 Thomas H Delpit Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
• 15550 Old Hammond Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70816
• 521 3rd St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5400 US
• 3688 Sugar Plantation Parkway, Addis, LA 70710
• Lamar Dixon, 9039 South Landry Road, Gonzales, LA 70737

Neighbor's Federal Credit Union Locations

• 12529 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
• 10425 Airline Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70816
• 13336 Hooper Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70818
• 175 Rushing Road West, Denham Springs, LA 70726
• 7844 Goodwood Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70806
• 7800 Howell Place Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70807

Coldwell Banker One Locations

• 16573 Airline Hwy Prairieville, LA 70769
• 1810 Florida Ave, SW Ste C, Denham Springs, LA 70726
• 5025 Bluebonnet Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70809

To conduct a coat campaign in your business, church, school, or organization:

Contact Jennifer Crockett, News & Special Projects Coordinator, WBRZ-TV at 225.336.2339 or jcrockett@wbrz.com

Special thanks to: