Please Share Just One Warm Coat. Coat Drive at Shepherd & Schaller 9/18/14 – 10/31/14

Shepherd and Schaller is pleased to partner with One Warm Coat®warming communities…one coat at a time.

Forecasters are warning of another brutal winter.  While the need for warm coats has never been greater, it has also never been easier to meet this vital need in our community. Shepherd & Schaller Sporting Goods invites area residents to join us in an effort to ensure that no one goes without a warm coat this winter. OWC_small

We’re holding a One Warm Coat drive and will be collecting clean, gently used warm coats. One Warm Coat is dedicated to collecting and distributing gently used warm coats–free of charge and without discrimination–directly to local children and adults in the local area. The coat drive program provides an easy way for individuals and families to make a difference in the lives of their neighbors by simply passing along coats and jackets that are no longer needed.

Boy-difference-2Shep’s invites you to drop off your clean, gently used coats and jackets at Shepherd & Schaller Sporting Goods, 324 Scott Street in Downtown Wausau, *September 18- October 31 during store hours. The process is simple: you drop off your extra coat and Shepherd & Schaller takes care of the rest. All donated coats will be given to the Wausau Women’s Community for distribution to local people in need. If you do not have a coat to donate, you can help provide a warmer winter by texting “WARM” to 80100 to donate $10 to One Warm CoatUnknown

* Receive a coupon for 25% off a new insulated coat or jacket from Shepherd & Schaller’s in-stock inventory when you make a donation and purchase September 18-21.  Donations made After September 21 will receive a coupon for 10% off  a new insulated coat or jacket from Shepherd & Schaller’s in-stock inventory.  Coupons do not apply to the purchase of rain or fleece jackets.  Discounts are not retroactive to prior purchases.

One Warm Coat is national non-profit organization that supports and encourages coat drives. It helps individuals, groups, companies and organizations across the country collect coats and deliver them to local agencies that distribute the coats free to people in need. More than four million coats have been provided to those in need at no cost since its inception in 1992.