Rotary In Action

COAT OFF YOUR BACK 2022

Coat Off Your Back post-Holiday report – a compilation from Rick Rosenfeld’s reports

Rotary Club of Northbrook 2022 ‘Coat off your Back’ drive, with the Rotary Clubs of Glenview and Glenview Sunrise
 
  
Photos left to right: Northbrook Rotary – Brian Rieger, Debbie Madeley, John Howard, and Gary Moriello; Glenview Coat Sort – Jean Biela, Jane Merydith, RC Glenview Noon; Glenview Sunrise Pickup – Rick Rosenfeld, Judy Picicco (Glenview Park District – non-Rotarian), Ron Dake.

Hi everyone!  I hope you had nice Christmas/Hanukkah.  I am happy to report stunning results from Week 6. 

We know Week 5 was a huge haul at 131.  Week 6 yielded 254 winter coats, and still counting.  We ran out of boxes and there are probably 50 more coats on tables . . . and I have a car full of our barrel pickup.   The total number of winter coats collected so far is 741, and we should surpass 800.

First some “thank you” notes:  Debbie/Gary/John/Brian/Elke thank you so much for doing all the pickups.  Most of the coats came from Northbrook with maybe 150 from Glenview, so almost everything passed through your cars the past 6 weeks!   Sandy and Kathi, thanks so much for the various message to the club and within the Northbrook community.  

I will thank the Glenview Noon club and my Glenview Sunrise club separately.  Glenview Noon Rotarians were the primary sorters the past 6 weeks.  Half a dozen members participated actively, which is around half their club.  Glenview Sunrise had two-barrel collectors and a couple people making connections in the community (and me!!). 

Coat Distribution: Rick may have updated numbers at the January 10th meeting

 
  • 352 Coats to Connections for the Homeless (Evanston)   
  • 99 Coats to World Relief (Carol Stream office)                   
  •  97 Coats to PADS of Lake County                                                 
  • 75 Coats to Refugee One (Chicago)                                               
  • 73 Coats to Ethiopian Community Assoc (Chicago)                       
  • 53 Coats to World Relief (Chicago office)                                    
  • 51 Coats to Stock the Shelves (Wilmette)                                    
  • 17 Coats to Deerfield Free Store
  • 14 Coats to North Shore Helpers (Northbrook) delivered to Primo Center (Chicago)            

We want to thank Rick Rosenfeld for his amazing ability to coordinate and collaborate to produce an amazing coat drive.

In his 2nd year – Rick has proven the importance of being able to pivot in redirecting our drive outcome. He identified organizations that needed coats and made it happen. Thank you to chamber member Two Men and a Truck who donated transportation for these boxes for four straight weeks. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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