Interfaith Los Alamos Refugee Winter Coat Drive Underway!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 22, 2022
- 7:33 am

Scene of resettled refugees in New Mexico receiving winter coats during a previous annual Interfaith Los Alamos coat drive. Courtesy/ILA

Scene of a resettled refugee in New Mexico receiving a winter coat during a previous annual Interfaith Los Alamos coat drive. Courtesy/ILA

Interfaith Los Alamos News:

Once again, Interfaith Los Alamos is sponsoring a winter coat drive for refugees recently resettled in New Mexico.

Lutheran Family Services is currently the only organization licensed by the US State Department to resettle refugees in the state. More than 100 families have been newly resettled during this past year alone, many from Afghanistan.

LFS has requested that Interfaith Los Alamos and the community provide new coats of various sizes for men and women, boys and girls.

Warm hats, scarves, gloves, mittens, etc. are also gratefully accepted. Note that this year, there is a specific request for durable shoes.

Many of these families have an urgent need for them for the coming winter. The specific request is for donations of $50 gift cards so that families can buy their own shoes (for example, Kohls, Walmart, Target, etc.).

Please note — the request is for gift cards, not for shoes!

Donations of coats, gift cards, etc. will be accepted through Sunday, Nov. 6, in time to deliver by Thanksgiving.

Questions? Contact Interfaith Los Alamos at interfaith.losalamos@gmail.com.