Barbour Partners with Nonprofit One Warm Coat to Help Keep Families Warm this Winter
Milford, N.H. November 14, 2013 – For the sixth year, Barbour is partnering with One Warm Coat to host its annual coat drive to benefit the communities surrounding Barbour’s retail locations. To give back this holiday season, Barbour has committed to donate a sweater or shirt for every coat turned in at a Barbour retail store.
Looking for a way to extend their contribution, Barbour chose to pledge a sweater or shirt to make a deeper impact on the local charities. In past years, Barbour has offered a discount off a new jacket for those who donated a coat at a Barbour store.
“Our commitment to match every coat donation with a Barbour shirt or sweater turns the focus back on the true meaning of this program and that is to give back to those in our neighborhoods and communities in need of assistance during this holiday season.” said Christopher Sapienza, Head of Barbour Retail, North America. “We hope our customers will help us meet our goal of collecting 1,500 coats at Barbour retail stores to trigger a donation of 1,500 shirts or sweaters to our charity partners.”
Beginning Nov. 15 through Dec. 31, Barbour’s retail locations will be accepting any worn coat in wearable condition for men or women. All coats collected will be donated to each store’s local charity partner and distributed directly to local area residents in need. The following charities have been selected:
- 2042 North Halsted Street in Chicago, Ill. – Streetwise
- 54 E. Walton Street in Chicago, Ill. – Streetwise
- 280 US Route 1 in Kittery, Maine – Fair Tide
- 134 Newbury Street in Boston, Mass. – City Mission Society of Boston
- 1047 Madison Avenue in New York, N.Y. – The Bowery Mission
- 123 Wooster Street (Soho) in New York, N.Y. – Hetrick Martin Institute
- 1517 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, Pa. – St. Johns Hospice
- Suburban Square in Ardmore, Pa. – Community Angel Foundation
- 67 Palmer Square West in Princeton, N.J. – Catholic Charities
- 2331 M Street in Washington, D.C. – Total Family Care Coalition
Join Barbour and support those in need this winter by dropping off coats during regular store hours at your local Barbour store. Local Barbour store hours can be found at www.Barbour.com/us.
About One Warm Coat:
One Warm Coat is a community service effort assisting in the collection of clean, reusable coats and jackets for donation to local individuals free of charge. Since its inception in 1992, close to three million coats have been collected and distributed to those in need at no cost.
About Barbour:
As Barbour enters its second century of operations, the company pledges to continue to meet the needs of its customers through growth and new product introductions, while also adhering to the standards of quality established by John Barbour more than 100 years ago.
J. Barbour & Sons is a century-old British company headquartered in South Shields, England. They produce a complete line of lifestyle clothing inspired by the British Countryside … most notably waxed cotton and quilted jackets, and a full range of contemporary and classic knitwear, shirts, trousers, headwear and accessories. The Heritage collection draws inspiration from Barbour’s rich archives taking key features from iconic pieces and styling them with a twist to create garments for today. A family-held business, Barbour employs more than 500 people worldwide and owns and operates one factory in South Shields, England. Consumers are invited to call Barbour Inc., the U.S. subsidiary in Milford, NH at 800.338.3474 for a catalog or a name of a local retailer, or visit the Barbour Web site at www.Barbour.com.
