VOCM Cares Coats for Kids Campaign

2011 Campaign Details

Dropsites for public donations:

Newfoundland Power- Duffy Place
The Reid Community Centre Mount Pearl
The Public Service Credit Union- Empire Ave
The Little Gym- Coakers Meadow Plaza
The MUN School of Social Work
The Canadian Red Cross- Major's Path
Stow-a-Way- 381 Fowlers Road- CBS

Donations are being accepted at these locations now. The Eastern School District is also organizing collections within the school system- with a Subway Sub Party being offered to the school that donates the most items per student population. Keep checking back to see if the 2010 winner "Cape St. Francis Elementary" can hold onto their title.

FREE Depot Dates at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 1

Saturday November 12th 1:00pm-4:00pm- Games Room
Wednesday November 16th 1:00pm-4:00pm- Games Room
Saturday November 19th 1:00pm-4:00pm- Games Room
Wednesday November 23rd 1:00pm-4:00pm- Ball Room
Saturday November 26th 1:00-4:00pm- Games Room

Our Mobile Depot, in partnership with Metrobus, will be visiting 10 neighbourhoods this year on Tuesdays and Fridays from Nov 12th-26th.

Tuesday Nov 8th- Association for New Canadians- 11;00-3:00
Tuesday Nov 15th- Wigmore Court 12:30-1:30, West Heights 2:00- 3:00 and Parkside (Barachois) 3:30-4:30
Friday Nov 18th- Rabbitown (we will be in Mitchell Court) 12:30-1:30 and Buckmaster Circle Community Centre 2:00-3:00 Eric Street neighbourhood Centre 3:30-4:30
Tuesday Nov 22nd- Chalker Place 12:30-1:30 and Virginia Park 2:00-3:00 and MacMorron Outreach Centre 3:30-4:30
Friday Nov 25th- Fitzgerald Place 12:30-1:30 and Salter Place 2:00-3:00
Wednesday Nov 16th- St. Michaels's High School 1:30-4:00- Bell Island

Provincial Partner Newfoundland Power Distribution Centres

Corner Brook- Coats are being distributed by the Rotary Club of Humber at the Dunfield Park Community Centre Friday Nov 18th- 4pm-9pm and Saturday Nov 19th 10am-4pm for more information please call 634-4716
Gander- Coats are being distributed by the Salvation Army Family Services- 157 Airport Blvd. Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:00pm. For more information please call 256-4480
Grand Falls- Coats are being distributed by the Salvation Army Family Services- 16 Hardy Ave- Monday- Friday 9am-4pm For more information please call 489-1995
Marystown- Coats will be distributed by the Family Aid Centre marine Drive- Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm and 10am-3pm on Saturday. For more information please call 279-3156
Stephenville- Coats will be distributed by the Zion Pentecostal Church on Saturday Nov 6th from 11am-2pm

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Campaign Overview

The VOCM Cares Coats for Kids Campaign is an annual event carried out in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross, Memorial University's School of Social Work, Vibrant Communities and Newfoundland Power. The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #1 in St. John's has also come on as a supporter and now provides the space for the Coats for Kids distribution centre. With the addition of Vibrant Communities as a partner we are now able to identify the neighborhoods most in need of a mobile depot visit provided by Metrobus.

Coats are collected through donations, primarily in conjunction with local businesses and schools. Subway also offers the opportunity for schools to win a Subway Party which is held for the school that collects the most winter items for the program.

When collections are complete, a retail-type store is set up at the Legion Branch #1 where families can come take winter clothing for their children at no cost to the family.

Metrobus also supports the campaign by providing the opportunity for a travelling depot which allows us to fill a bus with winter items and visit areas of this city that may have families and children who cannot visit the free depot. Families can come on board the bus and take what they need free of charge.

For a number of years Newfoundland Power has taken a special interest in this project and has allowed the VOCM Cares Foundation to place an insert in their October monthly residential billing advertising the Coats for Kids Campaign. In recent years, they extended their support a step further by coordinating the collection and distribution of winter items from their depots stretching from Carbonear to Corner Brook.

Opportunities to donate also exist through events such as movie showings hosted at Empire Theaters. In these events the general public are invited to a special screening at one of the Empire Theaters Cinemas in which admission is a donated winter clothing item for the program.

Community Partners

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Community Supporters