PRCR Department hosting Warm Your Hearts with Coats Drive through February

Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 4:37pm

In response to our area’s unseasonably cold weather, the Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department is hosting another “Warm Your Hearts with Coats Drive” to help local families stay warm.

From now through the end of February, the PRCR Department will accept new and/or clean, gently used coats and jackets. Coats of all shapes and sizes are welcome and may be dropped off at one of the following facilities (during normal operating hours):

  • Alston-Massenburg Center, 416 N. Taylor St. (Monday-Friday, Noon-8 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; closed Sunday)

  • Flaherty Park Community Center, 1226 N. White St. (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; closed Sunday)

  • Joyner Park Community Center, 701 Harris Road (Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; closed Sunday)

  • Wake Forest Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St. (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.)

The Warm Your Hearts with Coats Drive is an easy, yet effective way for area residents to pass along coats and jackets they no longer need.

All donated coats will be distributed weekly to children and teens in need of a winter jacket through local charities. For more information, contact AMC Supervisor James Triplette at 919-554-6189 or [email protected].