Rutherglen’s Rotarians are once again participating in the Wrap Up initiative to help others including those who find themselves homeless at this time of year.
Four local donation points have been set-up where people in the community can drop-off good quality warm coats and jackets to help those less fortunate this winter.
It follows on from last year’s appeal when almost 800 coats and jackets were donated.
The drop-off points are Burnside Church, Croftfoot Church, St Bride ‘s Church in Cambuslang, and the United Reformed Church where boxes for the coats and jackets donations will be sited this Saturday and Sunday, November 2 and 3.
Warm winter coats donated to Wrap Up are collected by volunteers and each garment is inspected to ensure it is clean and in a good condition to be given away.
The Rotary Club motto of “Is this coat good enough for you to wear?”, ensures that only good quality coats are distributed to the charitable organisations.
The garments are distributed via homeless shelters, refugee centres, organisations supporting the elderly, women’s refuges, children’s centres and other charities helping people in crisis.
Coats are not given direct to families, because we firmly believe that the charitable organisations can identify support and resources to benefit those in need or signpost them to organisations that could help, thereby creating a lasting relationship between those in need and the organisation that could transform their lives.
If you have a thick warm winter coat you no longer need, then why not donate it to the Wrap Up campaign.
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