Coats For Kids

Coats For Kids

38 Years Providing Coats To Kids In Need

Each year there are children without adequate winter protection. Pilgrim Dry Cleaners Coats for Kids drive was founded in 1986, by Don Rosen, to ensure that children in need would have access to warm coats each winter. Since the beginning of our drive, we have collected a total of over 472,500 coats to help Minnesota families in need. From mid-September to mid-October every year we encourage you to donate your new and gently-used children's and adults' coats at any of the 27 Pilgrim Dry Cleaners locations or any Davanni's Pizza locations throughout the Twin Cities metro area. Pilgrim Dry Cleaners cleans the gently-used coats and distributes them to local charities & schools.

Our Coats for Kids drive runs yearly Mid Sept. - Mid Oct.

Our drive has ended for 2023 and we were able to collect close to 9,000 coats and distribute the clean coats to 50 local organizations thanks to our generous donors. Our 2023 sponsors are: Kare 11, Davanni's Pizza, Alerus Mortgage, KDWB, Big Blue Box Co. If you're interested in becoming a sponsor of our Coats For Kids drive for 2024, please email laura@pilgrimdrycleaners.com or call 763-703-4865.

How To Participate In Our Coat Collection in 2024

Minnesota businesses, schools, churches, or organizations interested in collecting coats for 2024 you can email: laura@pilgrimdrycleaners.com

Local Minnesota Charities That Distribute The Coats

The following Minnesota charities & schools will be distributed the coats from our 2023 drive, please reach out to the charities directly if you're in need of a coat: Community Emergency Assistance Programs (CEAP), Ronald McDonald House Charities, WeCAN - Western Communities Action Network, STEP--St. Louis Park Emergency Program, Sharing and Caring Hands, Minneapolis Public Schools, Closet of Hope Bloomington Covenant Church, Good In The Hood, Jeremiah Program, St. Paul Public Schools, Columbia Heights Public Schools, Perspectives, Shakopee Community Assistance, Banaadir Elementary, East Side Neighborhood Services, The Camden Promise, Salvation Army, Black Lives Matter Minnesota, Reach Up Head Start/Early Head Start, ResourceWest, Rebuilding the Village, St Paul Recovery Act, Missions Inc. Programs, CROSS Services, NACE Clothing Closet, Hennepin Technical College, ISD 287, High School for Recording Arts, Whittier Elementary (MPS), and MNIC

Monetary Donations Are Also Accepted

If you don't have a coat to donate, but you would still like to help kids in need stay warm this winter, please mail checks to: The Rose Foundation c/o Pilgrim Dry Cleaners 3217 85th Ave N Brooklyn Park, MN 55443. You can put Coats for Kids in the memo line. A $25 donation will purchase 1 new coat for a kid in need.

The Rose Foundation

The Rose Foundation, a registered 501C-3, is the charitable non-profit branch of Pilgrim Dry Cleaners that was named after its founder Donald Rosen. 100% of every donation to the Rose Foundation goes directly to help the communities we serve. At Pilgrim, we care about the communities we do business and live in, which is why we have always made a point to give back. Some programs that will benefit from the Rose Foundation are Coats for Kids, Costumes for Kids, and Masonic Children’s Hospital. We want to give every child & adult in our community the opportunity to grow and succeed and we would love for you to help with that mission.