Kentucky lawmaker, Louisville councilman team up to collect coats for JCPS students
Updated: 10:17 PM EST Dec 7, 2022
Kentucky lawmaker, Louisville councilman team up to collect coats for JCPS students
Updated: 10:17 PM EST Dec 7, 2022
THANK YOU. AFTER TAKING A BRIEF PAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, A STATE LAWMAKER AND CITY COUNCILMAN ARE ONCE AGAIN COLLECTING COCOA FOR JCPENNEY STUDENTS. SENATOR DAVID YATES AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT DAVID JAMES ARE TEAMING UP WITH A NONPROFIT. SHIRLEY’S WAY ON THE CHASE. GAVIN’S CODE, A KID DRIVE FOR STUDENTS IN NEED. THE WHOLE POINT IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE KIDS IN THESE SCHOOLS DON’T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING NEW. SO WE CAN ALWAYS GET SECOND HAND COATS. BUT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAND A NICE NEW COAT TO A KIDS SO THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. DONATIONS OF WINTER COATS, GLOVES AND SCARVES WILL BE ACCEPTED UNT
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Kentucky lawmaker, Louisville councilman team up to collect coats for JCPS students
Updated: 10:17 PM EST Dec 7, 2022
After taking a brief pause during the pandemic, a Kentucky lawmaker and Louisville councilman are collecting coats for JCPS students again.Senator David Yates and council president David James are teaming up with the nonprofit Shirley's Way for the "Chase Gavin's Coat-A-Kid" drive. The drive aims to help students in need of winter essentials."The whole point is a lot of the kids in these schools ... don't really have anything new," said Mike Mullrooney, founder of Shirley's Way. "So we can always get secondhand coats ... but we want to get brand new coats to hand to the kids so they have something to be proud of."Donations of winter coats, gloves and scarves will be accepted until Dec. 17 at Shirley's Way located on Dixie Highway.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
After taking a brief pause during the pandemic, a Kentucky lawmaker and Louisville councilman are collecting coats for JCPS students again.
Senator David Yates and council president David James are teaming up with the nonprofit Shirley's Way for the "Chase Gavin's Coat-A-Kid" drive. The drive aims to help students in need of winter essentials.
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"The whole point is a lot of the kids in these schools ... don't really have anything new," said Mike Mullrooney, founder of Shirley's Way. "So we can always get secondhand coats ... but we want to get brand new coats to hand to the kids so they have something to be proud of."
Donations of winter coats, gloves and scarves will be accepted until Dec. 17 at Shirley's Way located on Dixie Highway.