Jared's Winter Coat Drive for Jersey Cares

 Thanks to Glen Rockers who dropped off coats in the month of May. To date, 135 winter coats have been collected for Jersey Cares. 

 A big thank you to the Cannella/Lawson Estate for generously donating 30 winter coats to Jared's coat drive. That brings our current total to 125 coats collected for Jersey Cares. 

 Thanks to everyone who donated coats in March and April. So far Jared's coat drive has collected 95 coats for Jersey Cares. 

  A short month, but we got lots of coats! Thanks to everyone who donated one of the 30 coats this month. Jared's coat drive total is 57 coats collected to date.                                             

  Fair Lawn/Glen Rock Giving Back *Collecting Coats, Distributing Warmth: One 13-Year-Old's Birthday Wish By Rebecca Greene Published February 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM *GLEN ROCK, NJ - Jared Fish understands warmth. Not just because it's winter but more because he believes it's “important to help other people who need it.” So, he's conducting a coat drive. And while many people will be looking to toss their winter coats as the months get warmer, Jared is hoping to collect some of those gems for his coat drive. It's part of his birthday wish, to collect 100 coats for his 13th birthday. He's not just doing it in the upcoming weeks, but in the upcoming months.   His deadline to collect coats is July 31, 2025.    “I'm hoping to collect 100 good-condition coats by then for Jersey Cares,” he said. “So far I've collected 40.”   Why July? It's the month of his 13th birthday.  “As part of my 13th birthday, I'm doing a community service project,” Jared told  TA...