By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Major Paul James with the Salvation Army let the public know that the Coats for Kids distribution is this week.
"November 4th, we are almost the whole day, it's 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.," James said. "We want to make sure that we get the people that work and can't make it in during the daytime, that they have an opportunity to get their kids some coats. Then, on November 5th, we have senior citizens only from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., then we have it open again from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Then we're open again on November 6 from 9 a.m. to noon."
No appointment is necessary for the coat distribution.
"Most of the coats are in amazing shape, like new even, some of them," James said. "We have them sorted by age and gender and on racks. We've spread it out again this year, just for COVID reasons, throughout three days. I think we did it in like a day and a half previous to that. It's a pretty simple process. You come in through your family, you can try on the coats and then take them."
Ineeda Cleaners obtained and cleaned the coats, hats, gloves, scarves, and blankets throughout the month of October.