Koats for Kids

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Every year, Klinke Cleaners teams up with Channel 3, the  Community Action Coalition, and Magic 98 in Madison and The Hope Center in Waukesha to provide winter jackets for under-privileged children and adults in Dane & Waukesha Counties.

Channel 3 Team in 2000In September each year during our coat drive, you can come to any Klinke Cleaners location in Dane or Waukesha Counties and drop off your unneeded winter coats, scarves, and mittens.  In return, we provide you with a Klinke drycleaning coupon for each coat you donate.  If you are unable to deliver your items to a Klinke Cleaners location, you may drop them off at other participating outlets throughout your local community.

Thanks to the involvement of the Community Action Coalition and the Hope Center of Waukesha County, all of your donations help out needy families in Dane & Waukesha Counties.  In other words, every donated coat helps someone right here in southern Wisconsin!

To date, Koats for Kids has collected, cleaned and distributed 261,068 coats to those of need in Dane County as well as 1,198 coats to those of need in Waukesha County.  In total, we have distributed 262,266 coats!  Klinke Cleaners gives its thanks to the program's co-sponsors: in Madison: Channel 3, the  Community Action Coalition, and Magic 98 in Madison and The Hope Center in Waukesha County. As well, we give thanks to those of you who make the effort to donate items year after year. We hope that you will help us make Koats for Kids even better each year by donating your unused items.