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O&R Employee Group Donates 150 Winter Coats In Annual Drive

"The drive reminds us of our obligation to help our needy neighbors," one of the coordinators told Patch.

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Pictured here, from left, are O&R volunteers Kristina Bourque, Gigi Aniciete-Quijano, Vontelle McCall, Mark Impomeni and Karen Galeazzi. The group prepared contributions to the company's Business Ethics Council's annual winter coat drive for distribution.
Pictured here, from left, are O&R volunteers Kristina Bourque, Gigi Aniciete-Quijano, Vontelle McCall, Mark Impomeni and Karen Galeazzi. The group prepared contributions to the company's Business Ethics Council's annual winter coat drive for distribution. (Rich Feger)

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — The Business Ethics Council of Orange & Rockland Utilities donated more than 150 new and lightly used adults’ and children’s winter coats to local programs for neighbors in need.

"The winter coat drive is more than just making sure that people who don’t have winter coats get them to stay warm," Karen Galeazzi, the coordinator for the O&R Business Ethics Council’s winter coat drive, told Patch. "The drive reminds us of our obligation to help our needy neighbors and it reminds those neighbors that they are not forgotten, that they matter and that we care."

About 20 O&R volunteers pitched in to pack up the coats last week.

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