Rhode Island Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange
Buy Nothing Day the international day to point out how consumerism is destroying our planet and our communities. We collect and give away winter coats to give back to the community while pointing out how consumerism is a dead end
Friday November 28, 2014
Providence: State House Lawn brick patio across from the mall
Collection and give away Friday November 28 9 AM to 1 PM
Rain location Gloria Dei Lutheran Church 15 Hayes Street Providence
Contacts Greg Gerritt: 331-0529; gerritt@mindspring.com;
Phil Edmonds: 461-3683; philwhistle@gmail.com
Pawtucket : 175 Main St Blackstone Valley Visitors Center
Coats accepted at the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center and many other locations in Pawtucket all through November during business hours.
Collection at November Winters Farmers Markets Wednesday evening and Saturday morning at Hope Artiste Village
Coats given away Friday Nov. 28 10AM -2PM
Contact Arthur Pitt ; kingarthur@yahoo.com 401-369-1918
http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/NAP-_Neighborhood_Alliance_of_Pawtucket/home
East Providence Bridgepoint 850 Waterman Ave
Coats collected and given away Friday November 28 9 AM to 1 PM
Coats collected throughout November at various locations in East Providence and Seekonk including the Newman YMCA.
Contact David or Lisa Spencer
401- 965-9099 Dspencer@atlanticpaper.com
Newport St Paul’s Church 12 West Marlborough St.
Coats collected and given away Novewmber 28 10 AM to Noon
Contact Reverend Johanne Dame 401-846-0966 RevDame@gmail.com
Coats also available at other church events
Wakefield –St. Francis Church, 114 High Street,
Coats Collected and given away November 28 10AM to noon
Contact Tom Abbott 401-364-0778 dawgdays@cox.net
Warwick Conimicut Village Woodbury Union Church 58 Beach Avenue Coats Collected and given away November 28 10AM to noon Accepting winter coats, jackets, vests, gloves, mittens, and scarves.
Church phone number 401-737-8232. E-mail contact: jtarring@verizon.net.
Greater Providence YMCA sites
All sites collecting coats throughout November Most sites distributing Coats on November 28 9 AM to 1 PM
East Side/Mount Hope
Drop off coats throughout November Not a distribution site Coats distributed via the Providence site
Contact Christy Clausen
Welcome Center Director
East Side/Mount Hope
438 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02906
Drop off
401-521-0155
Providence Youth Services (640 Broad Street, Providence)
Drop off coats throughout November Not a distribution site
Coats distributed via the Providence site
Christy Clausen
Welcome Center Director
East Side/Mount Hope
438 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02906
Drop off
401-521-0155
West Bay Family YMCA Branch
Collection and distribution site Distribution Friday November 28
Contact Kaitlyn Rooney
Welcome Center Director
West Bay Family YMCA Branch
7540 Post Road
North Kingstown, RI 02852
Drop off and Pick up site
401-295-6501
Cranston YMCA
Collection and distribution site Distribution Friday November 28
Contact Andrea Champagne
Senior Director
Cranston YMCA
1225 Park Avenue
Cranston, RI 02910
Drop off and pick up site
401-943-0444
Bayside YMCA
Collection and distribution site Distribution Friday November 28
Sandra Carney
Welcome Center Director
Bayside YMCA
70 West Street
Barrington, RI 02806
Drop off and pick up site
401-245-2444
Kent County YMCA
Collection and distribution site Distribution Friday November 28
Patricia Driscoll
Welcome Center Director
Kent County YMCA
900 Centerville, Road
Warwick, RI 02886
Drop off and pick up site
401-828-0130
Newman YMCA (Seekonk, MA)
Collection of coats only Distribution via East Providence site
Paula Roy
Welcome Center Director
Newman YMCA
472 Taunton Avenue
Seekonk, MA 02771
Drop off site
508-336-7103
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