It’s cold outside and Afghan refugees in the Harrisburg, PA area are in dire need of winter clothing. Will you donate or help collect these items? Items needed are new or gently used coats, hats, gloves, scarves and socks of all sizes. We ask that donated items please be clean with no tears, holes, missing buttons, or broken zippers. The deadline to donate or collect these items is December 19 by noon.
To see the current list of public drop-off sites and their hours so you may drop off items you have or have purchased visit the Winter Coat Drive website. If you’d like to help by collecting winter clothes at your house of worship or organization, please contact Kathy at director@harccoalition.org or 301-842-4272.
This collection is a partnership of HARC, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Catholic Charities Immigration Refugees Services of Harrisburg.
Thanks to the following for collecting or donating winter clothing in Washington County, MD:
Public Drop-off sites:
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Covenant Life Church
- Covenant Presbyterian Church
- Hebron Mennonite Church
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Hagerstown
Internal collections or donations (no public drop-offs)
- Girl Scout Troop 15081
- Haven Lutheran Church
- Otterbein United Methodist Church
- Rehoboth United Methodist Church
- Salvation Army
- St. John’s Episcopal Church
- Trinity Reformed UCC of Boonsboro
