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Knights of Columbus distributed 1,200 coats to needy children on Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 19, in the kickoff of the Order’s new Coats for Kids program.
The Supreme Council purchased 7,800 coats from OshKosh B’gosh and London Fog and is implementing a plan to distribute them with the help of local Knights of Columbus councils in several major cities. The effort began in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, which has been designated a National Day of Service.
Coats for children ages 6 to 12 were distributed at three Washington, D.C. Catholic Churches: 600 coats St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Southeast Washington, 300 at Nativity Catholic Church in Northwest Washington, and 300 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Northeast Washington.
The distributions took place between 10 a.m. and noon on Jan. 19, Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and a national holiday.
Coats will be distributed later this month in Detroit and Chicago.
“As our nation faces tough economic times, we believe it is very important to respond within our communities in concrete ways to help those most in need,” said Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson. “Helping children in need was a fundamental reason for the formation of the Knights of Columbus in 1882 and continues to be a very important component of our work today.”
The Coats for Kids program is an outgrowth of the Knights’Help a Child in Need campaign, which began in 2006 with a nationwide television appeal to people to donate to charities that support the needs of children.
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