Junior League of Bronxville's Holiday Coat and Gloves Drive: Over 800 Coats Collected for Community Service Associates (CSA) in Mount Vernon

On Friday, December 12, The Junior League of Bronxville (JLB) culminated its Holiday Coat Drive with a party and distribution of over 800 coats to men, women and children from the Mt. Vernon community. This annual event benefits participants in programs run by Community Service Associates (CSA) of Mt. Vernon. Adults and children alike received gently used coats, new hats and gloves from the JLB. JLB had been collecting donations from the community at drop-locations located in Bronxville, Tuckahoe, Eastchester, Mount Vernon and beyond from mid-November to mid-December. This year, as in past years, the community was very generous, enabling the total to top 800 coats collected. “This year JLB volunteers collected an unprecedented number of coats. We are thankful to the community for their generous donations and to the local businesses who helped by allowing us to use their stores as coat collection points. I am pleased that we have again been able to outfit adults and children with warm winter coats. Every year our volunteers help families in need shop for a new coat at CSA, working with the families and children one on one is very gratifying for our volunteers,” said Erica Sevilla, JLB President. This event is anticipated each year by the CSA community and highlights the Holidays and the giving spirit of the season. The JLB and CSA are grateful to all who donated this year and every year. This year in particular is very special, “Sacred Heart church will be closing in August of 2015. Community Service Associates has been providing vital services to the community as one of the largest soup kitchens in lower Westchester. We will have to vacate and find a new home. Our challenges are great, however we know that we will find a new location to serve the needs of those most at risk.” Said Roberta Apuzzo, Executive Director at CSA.

JLB would like to thank CubeSmart of Tuckahoe for their generous donation of a storage cubicle throughout the drive and the many civic, commercial and retail partners which were collection points throughout the drive – Anne Hutchinson School, Bronxville Montessori School (Lower School), Early Childhood Center at Sarah Lawrence, Eliza Corwin Frost, Immaculate Conception School and Parish, Gramatan Court, Bronxville Library, Bronxville School, Starbucks - Tuckahoe, Eastchester Value Drugs, Bronxville Value Drugs, The Center Corporate Park, Purchase NY, The Chapel School, The Reformed Church Nursery School, The Ursuline School, and The Windward School.

Want to learn more about the Junior League of Bronxville and JLB’s core cause of tackling the issue of hunger in its service areas of Bronxville, Eastchester, Mount Vernon, Tuckahoe and Yonkers? Visit the JLB at www.jlbronxville.org