Kerlin Coat Drive

October 31, 2023 at 7:23 p.m.
Photo by Gary Nieter, Times-Union
Photo by Gary Nieter, Times-Union


Two trailers containing 1,244 coats and jackets are shown in the parking lot of Kerlin Ford in Silver Lake following this year's coat drive. The coats, along with hats, scarves, gloves and boots, will be donated to Combined Community Services of Kosciusko County, a local non-profit organization that serves low-income residents. The 2023 coat drive concluded Friday. Peerless Cleaners and Wildman Business Group will provide dry cleaning and laundering of the donated items. Pictured (L to R) are Steve Grashoff, Peerless Cleaners; Kiira Churchill, Combined Community Services; Jen Stevenson, Wildman Business Group; Scott Coffman, Wildman Business Group; Chris Cage, Warsaw Radio; Kris Lake, Warsaw Radio; Valerie Warner. Kerlin Motor Sports; Tim Frame, Combined Community Services; Randy Polston, Combined Community Services; Tim Keffaber, Warsaw Radio; Paul Smith, TIMES-UNION ; and Rick Kerlin, Kerlin Ford.

Two trailers containing 1,244 coats and jackets are shown in the parking lot of Kerlin Ford in Silver Lake following this year's coat drive. The coats, along with hats, scarves, gloves and boots, will be donated to Combined Community Services of Kosciusko County, a local non-profit organization that serves low-income residents. The 2023 coat drive concluded Friday. Peerless Cleaners and Wildman Business Group will provide dry cleaning and laundering of the donated items. Pictured (L to R) are Steve Grashoff, Peerless Cleaners; Kiira Churchill, Combined Community Services; Jen Stevenson, Wildman Business Group; Scott Coffman, Wildman Business Group; Chris Cage, Warsaw Radio; Kris Lake, Warsaw Radio; Valerie Warner. Kerlin Motor Sports; Tim Frame, Combined Community Services; Randy Polston, Combined Community Services; Tim Keffaber, Warsaw Radio; Paul Smith, TIMES-UNION ; and Rick Kerlin, Kerlin Ford.

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