ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ) – A campaign is underway to help keep those in need warm during the cold winter months.
Dan Wadle’s Brown County United Way is teaming with the Greater Green Bay Labor Council Community Services Committee for the seventh annual ‘Blanketing Brown County’ drive.
It aims to collect new and gently used blankets to dish out to 38 county programs that serve homeless and low-income residents.
“This starts every year at the coldest time of the year, but it really emphasizes what the need is for those low-income families. In times like this when it’s bitterly cold outside, they need those extra blankets to stay warm.”
Tana Koss’s Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin is one of the organizations whose clients benefit.
“It’s an opportunity to provide at least some amount of warmth and comfort to any children in our community who are suffering.”
Koss notes the recipients are quite grateful.
“The biggest impact is when we provide blankets to families that are living in their vehicles, trying to keep both adults and children alive and safe.”
Wadle says the 2,555 items collected last year pushes the total since the program began in 2011 north of 12,000.
This year’s goal is 2,600 blanket and bedding items.
The collection runs through January 31.
Click here for a complete list of drop-off sites.
