小黄鸭导航 ISD and Coats for Kids didn鈥檛 allow a pandemic to slow their mission of bringing some warmth to children this holiday season.
Coats for Kids, in partnership with the Junior League of 小黄鸭导航, is a distribution event that provides over 8,000 winter coats to AISD students every winter.
In past years, Coats for Kids was held at the Palmer Event Center, where students could pick a coat in person. This year, with the help of Parent Support Specialists, families completed a form with a preferred size and color. Coats were distributed to their campus.
鈥淲e know that families have so much on their plate this time of year,鈥 said Rachel Pry, Coats for Kids chair. 鈥淚t means a lot to our community that this program is here year after year to make sure that a winter coat is one thing that families don鈥檛 have to worry about. They know that Coats for Kids will be there for them.鈥
Drivers from the AISD Warehouse and the Science and Health Resource Center delivered the coats to individual campuses. In the end, over 8,000 coats were delivered across the district.
O. Henry Middle 小黄鸭导航 received the award for collecting the most coats this year.
AISD also partnered with the city of 小黄鸭导航 to give families who received a coat a free ticket to the annual 小黄鸭导航 Trail of Lights drive-thru event at Zilker Park.
For campus distribution information, please contact your campus parent support specialist or counselor.
If you missed the opportunity to request a coat through AISD, please contact Junior League of 小黄鸭导航 at cfkcommunitycoats@jlaustin.org for a list of local partner organizations that are participating in Coats for Kids.