GREAT NECK, NY — Representatives from Lengthy Island charities have acquired greater than 2,000 coats for youths in want as a part of the Larger New York Vehicle Sellers Affiliation’s annual coat drive.
The occasion befell on Monday, Feb. 7 at North Bay Cadillac in Nice Neck. And it was held at the side of Operation Heat, a nationwide nonprofit that manufactures coats and sneakers for kids in want.
In an announcement launched by GNYADA, automotive sellers throughout Lengthy Island raised greater than $85,000 to cowl the price of the coats.
“Native space car sellers’ generosity and neighborhood spirit is well-known, however the collective effort to boost cash to assist children in want preserve heat this winter has been extraordinary,” mentioned Mark Schienberg, president of GNYADA. “It provides me nice pleasure to steer the group that represents them and to coordinate this effort on their behalf.”
The coats got to numerous charities, together with the Mildred W. Fairclough Basis, Blessings Plan, New Horizon Counseling Heart, Progressive Holiness Church, and Vacation’s Promise.
In line with the GNYADA, households are in determined want of coats this winter because of the devastating monetary impacts of COVID-19.
Operation Heat has reportedly acquired almost triple the variety of coat requests than ever earlier than. That’s the reason GNYADA says it teamed up with the group to help New York kids in want.
“We commend Lengthy Island’s native franchised new automotive retailers for his or her unbelievable collective effort to supply hundreds of recent heat coats to kids in want this winter,” mentioned Operation Heat Govt Director Grace Sica. “They’ve gone above and past to assist these much less lucky within the communities through which they stay and work.”