GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The eighth annual Brown County blanket drive hopes to collect more bedding items than last year.
The drive kicked off Tuesday with a goal to collect 2,500 blankets this year.
Blankets collected will be distributed to low-income families through various Brown County programs, such as the N.E.W. Community shelter and Green Bay Area Public Schools.
Amanda Johnson, executive director of the Howe Resource Center, tells FOX 11 the drive is important.
“We have a family that came in about a couple months ago looking for blankets. They were experiencing homelessness and the shelters were full so they were forced to sleep in their car and so we were able to pull blankets from last year’s drive to make sure that they could be warm for a couple nights until they could get into a shelter so it’s pretty impactful. We get to see it on a daily basis here.”
You can drop off blankets at various locations throughout Brown County now through Jan. 31.
Click here for a list of locations
Last year, more than 2,400 blankets and bedding items were distributed to more than 40 Brown County organizations.
