Restaurant To Collect Coats for Kids at Christmas Parade

Images: The Monza restaurant will collect coats for the SERVE program; the restaurant also will collect toys for the CASA program.

The Monza restaurant in Historic Manassas will be collecting gently used coats to donate to SERVE in exchange for a $10 Monza or Carmello’s gift card and free hot chocolate and coffee on Saturday, Dec. 5, during the Greater Manassas Christmas Parade. Coat donations will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Monza at 9405 Battle St. in Old Town Manassas, as well as throughout December to support SERVE of Manassas.

They’ll also be accepting new toys for children of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children of Manassas) in exchange for a $10 Monza/Carmello’s gift card during December. For more information, please click here.

One gift card will be given per coat and/or per new toy.

“We all feel the drop in temperature, and for those in need, sometimes one warm coat is hard to come by, which is why we wanted to help collect as many coats as possible for the our local SERVE program,” said Alice Pires, owner of Monza and Carmello’s restaurants. “We’re excited to collect toys for the kids of CASA - let’s try to make sure no one is forgotten this holiday.”

CASA provides children with a safe and permanent home through court-appointed special advocates. For more information, please click here.

SERVE of NVFS (Northern Virginia Family Services) offers housing assistance programs, from homelessness to rental assistance to homeownership. For more information, please click here.