SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE Note: One Warm Coat® is a registered trademark and cannot be legally used without permission. To obtain a limited logo-use license and permission to promote the organization in with your coat drive, subject to terms and conditions, be sure to register your drive at http://onewarmcoat.org/holdacoatdrive/.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Name: Daytime Phone Number: Contact email:

[Your Agency’s Name] Is In Need of Warm Coats! Hold a One Warm Coat®coat drive to benefit [Your Agency’s Name]’s clients.

[City, State, Month, Day, Year] – Today [Your agency’s name] reported that there is an extreme need for warm coats in [insert community name]. “We are expecting to serve XX (describe your clientele) this winter, and we need the support of our local community so that we can provide warm coats to these folks” said [Your agency’s name’s representative]. [Your agency’s name] has partnered with One Warm Coat and is asking area residents to help them collect coats by holding a coat drive.

For more than 20 years, One Warm Coat has been working to provide a free warm coat to anyone who needs one. Ever year, hundrends of nonprofit agencies benefit from the generosity of their neighbors and One Warm Coat. “Last year, One Warm Coat collected nearly 600,000 coats, which were distibuted in the communtities where they were collected. [Your Agency’s name] needs the community’s help to keep [your city/community name] residents warm this winter. We’re happy to provide everything the community needs to hold a coat drive on our webite” said One Warm Coat President, Jennifer Stockard.

“The impact of providing warmth to a neighbor is so powerful” said [Your agency’s name’s representative]. “Here, you can insert a first-hand example of client’s reaction to receiving a warm coat --- OR if you don’t have one, you can include: “An agency told One Warm Coat last year that many of the children they work with had put winter jackets on their Christmas Wish Lists. The agency workers were so happy to be able to give the children warm coats the community collected through their One Warm Coat drives. Christmas came early for those children.”

One Warm Coat is a national non-profit organization that works to provide a free, warm coat to any person in need and raises awareness of the vital need for warm coats. One Warm Coat supports individuals, groups, companies and organizations across the country by providing the tools and resources needed to hold a successful coat drive. Coats are distributed in the communities where they were collected, to any person in need, without charge, discrimination or obligation. Since its inception in 1992, One Warm Coat has worked with its volunteers to give away over 4 million coats. www.onewarmcoat.org

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