Winter Coat Drive at Tropical Smoothie Cafe Begins Nov. 15

Cold smoothies and warm coats will mix at Tropical Smoothie Café this winter.

The company’s second annual Winter Coat Drive begins Saturday, Nov. 15, and runs until Dec. 31.

Tropical Smoothie Café will collect new and gently used coats at all locations and customers who donate a coat will get a 24 ounce smoothie, usually around $5, for 99 cents.

Tropical Smoothie Café has partnered with local agencies, which will distribute the donated coats to people in need. In Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg area those agencies are:

• Northern Virginia: The Hunter Mill District Winter Coat Closet coordinated by Cornerstones
• Stafford and Fredericksburg, VA: Thurman Brisben Center
• Bristow, VA: Ellis Elementary School
• Columbia, MD: The PTA Council of Howard County
• Waldorf, MD: Lifestyles of Maryland Foundation
• Winchester, Front Royal and Martinsburg, WV: Fish of Clarke County

“The Tropical Smoothie Café Winter Coat Drive offers an easy and rewarding way for local individuals and families to come together and help out their neighbors by simply donating their gently worn or new coats,” said Patrick McKiernan, local director of development for Tropical Smoothie Café.

McKiernan said the company delivered more than 1,200 coats to area shelters last year.

For more information on these agencies visit www.thecafepost.com.

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