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Maplewood Business Collecting Coat Donations

Winter coat donations will be collected from Nov. 1 to Feb. 7 for men, women and children throughout the state.

The GenWealth Group in Maplewood will serve as a drop off location for the Jersey Cares 18th Annual Coat Drive.

Jersey Cares is seeking “gently used” winter coats from Nov. 1 to Feb. 7, to be distributed to needy New Jerseyans.

This year, they plan to collect and distribute more than 60,000 gently used winter coats to men, women and children in need throughout the state.

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The drop off center is at The GenWealth Group, Inc at 6 Inwood Place in Maplewood, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“Over the past 17 years, Jersey Cares has collected, sorted and distributed more than 400,000 coats to New Jersey residents through our annual drive,” the organization stated on its website. 

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“This year, The Jersey Cares Coat Drive is proud to partner with The 2014 NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee, Wal-Mart and New York Cares to create The Super Community Coat Drive, the largest Coat Drive ever held in the tri-state area -- and likely the largest Coat Drive in history," they added.

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