Cockeysville Hair Cuttery Salons Collect Donations for Krausey's Koats

Baltimore metro salons, including three in Cockeysville, are collecting donations of winter clothing for Krausey's Koats, according to a news release.

Requested donations include coats, jackets, scarves and mittens, the release states. Residents can drop of items at any of the Cockeysville locations, which are at 11121 York Road, 118 Shawan Road and 70 Cranbrook Road.

Donations will be accepted during store hours until Jan. 1, 2012 and will benefit local missions and shelters such as the St. Vincent DePaul Society, The Salvation Army and Cradles to Crayons.

The collaboration between Hair Cuttery and Krausey's Koats, a national initiative to collect winter gear for those in need garnered 6,500 coats in the Philadelpia area last year, the release said.

"This year, with the expansion of the program into other regions of the country, we hope to collect even more cold-weather clothing for those in need," said Dennis Ratner, Hair Cuttery founder and CEO in the release. "That would certainly make it a merrier holiday for all of us."