{"id":7631,"date":"2014-12-15T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/?p=7631"},"modified":"2016-11-28T17:23:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T22:23:51","slug":"make-a-difference-with-one-warm-coat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/make-a-difference-with-one-warm-coat\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Difference with One Warm Coat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The winter months are chilly, but especially frigid for folks who don?t have the luxury of a cozy coat. One Warm Coat?<\/a> has been collecting coats since 1992 and giving them to people in need. The organization has grown over the years and has given away nearly 4 million coats to date!<\/p>\n

While that sounds like a lot of coats, there is indeed still a great need for more. The economic climate, unemployment, and natural disasters have contributed to the hardships that many people are facing. Did you know that 1 in 5 children live in poverty? That is a staggering number of children?not to mention families?that are experiencing hard times.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

The good news is that there are several ways for you to get involved and help! If you have an extra coat or two in your closet, you can give it to someone who needs it. In addition to coats, One Warm Coat encourages donors to give any type of outerwear, such as sweaters, sweatshirts, hats, scarves, or mittens. And, for any crafters out there, you can donate a handmade scarf, mittens<\/a>, or hat. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

You can donate your coats at any drop off location. Go to One Warm Coat?s website<\/a> to locate a coat drive near you.<\/p>\n

Want to do more to help?<\/h2>\n

Another way to get involved is to volunteer your time. One Warm Coat provides you with many resources to start your own coat drive<\/a> and help you find an agency<\/a> who will distribute the coats you collect. One Warm Coat provides you with a toolkit if you want to organize your own coat drive. Together, we can make a difference and spread the warmth of Christmas through the act of giving.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The winter months are chilly, but especially frigid for folks who don?t have the luxury of a cozy coat. One Warm Coat? has been collecting coats since 1992 and giving them to people in need. The organization has grown over the years and has given away nearly 4 million coats to date! While that sounds…Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7631"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9217,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7631\/revisions\/9217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}