"WARM COATS FOR WINTER" ANNUAL COAT DRIVE October 5 – December 15 Information for Organizations Seeking Coats

Participation is open to nonprofit (501c3) organizations, churches, town social service departments, schools, and community groups that serve people in need within United Way of the Capital Area’s 40-town service area.

To participate, your organization must post your coat request online through Volunteer Solutions – a link on United Way of the Capital Area’s home page.  (Volunteer Solutions is United Way’s database of live volunteer opportunities, and we are utilizing existing capabilities of this program to register and post your coat needs.)  All requests will be “marked” with a special button icon on the Volunteer Solutions home page for easy donor access. 

Registering your coat needs is a simple process that will take only a few minutes of your time.  Listings you submit to United Way will be reviewed and posted the same or next business day.  While United Way will actively promote the coat drive, there can be no guarantee that your organization will receive coats through the program.   For this reason, you are strongly encouraged to register your needs as soon as possible in order to reach the most potential donors.

How you register your coat needs will depend on whether your organization is already registered on United Way of the Capital Area’s Volunteer Solutions.  Once you have determined this, please click below for step-by-step registration instructions:

Instructions for Organizations Already Registered on Volunteer Solutions (PDF format, click here for free Adobe software)
Instructions for Organizations NOT Registered on Volunteer Solutions (PDF format, click here for free Adobe software)