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Help keep others warm by donating a winter coat
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Acting Queens Borough President
Sharon Lee announced the launch ofaborough
wide winter coat drive in an eff ort to
support families in need for the cold season
this week.
Th e borough president’s offi cepartnered
with several Queens community boards,
which will be participating as drop-off sites.
From now through Friday, Nov. 13, residents
can drop off new adult and children’s
coats in the lobby of Queens Borough Hall
at 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens
on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., as
well as the offi ces of each Queens community
board.
Th e locations of each participating community
board offi ce, along with the dates
and times donated coats can be dropped
off , are as follows:
Community Board 2: 43-22 50th Street,
Suite 2B in Woodside (by appointment
only; 718-533-8773)
Community Board 4: 46-11 104th Street
in Corona (by appointment only; 718-760-
3141)
Community Board 7: 133-32 41st Road,
Suite 3B, in Flushing (weekdays between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m.)
Community Board 8: 197-15 Hillside
Avenue in Hollis (by appointment only;
718-264-7895)
Community Board 9: Queens Borough
Hall (drop-off in lobby weekdays between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m.)
Community Board 10: 115-01 Leff erts
Boulevard in South Ozone Park (Mondays
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.)
Community Board 12: 90-28 161st
Street in Jamaica (Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Th ursdays between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.)
“Need continues to grow in the ongoing
pandemic, and with rising economic insecurity,
so many are bracing for increasingly
tough decisions. In times of great need,
however, Queens always pulls through, and
we are in this together,” Lee said. “If you are
able, please consider donating new, warm
coats — either for adults or children — as
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the Borough of Families gears up for the
winter months ahead.”
Th e coat drive overlaps with the ongoing
King’s Toy Drive at Borough Hall benefi
tting children battling cancer, hosted
in partnership with the King Fights
Cancer Foundation and the family of
7-year-old cancer survivor King Singh of
Queens Village. Residents can donate new,
unwrapped toys through Friday, Oct. 30.
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