Those donating coats will also receive a voucher for two tickets to a Mets game in April.
The prospect of a hot and hearty lunch, and a chance to rifle through racks of donated coats free for the taking, were reasons enough to wait.
The event will take place at Citi Field from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and fans donating coats will have the opportunity to meet Collins, Jason Bay, David Wright and Ike Davis between 11 a.m. and noon.
There is also the charitable angle donating coats and brand jackets to a coat drive.
We've struggled occasionally with the need to certify significant numbers of new agency contacts, for example, to assist coat drive organizers in distributing donated coats.
While here and there a child had a donated coat or sweater, they were the exception.
Individuals wishing to simply donate a coat are able to use our site's Coat Drive Locator map to find coat drives in their local areas.
From that moment on, the volunteers decided to ask more refugees exactly why they chose the clothes they did from the bins filled with donated shoes, coats and trousers.
From that moment on, the volunteers decided to ask more refugees exactly why they chose the clothes they did from the bins filled with donated shoes, coats, and pants.
His pep talk marked the end of a coat drive his own organization, A Fabolous Way Foundation, sponsored across the city last month and a pledge to help New York Cares reach their goal of donating 100,000 coats to needy New Yorkers by December 31.
