2023 Winter Warmup Coat Drive & Distribution (Event Recap) -

On Saturday, December 16, 2023, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center hosted its annual Winter Warmup Coat Drive & Distribution, a community-based effort to provide new coats, hats, and gloves to children and families in need.

There were 187 registered families and over 600 children who participated in the drive-through distribution. Free coats, hats, gloves, socks, sleeping bags, blankets, clothing, shoes, and hygiene kits were also provided to 150+ homeless and 40 community residents.

Community Partners included LIRA, HELP, Peter and Dena Silberman, Terris Perkins, Jr., Empowering the Masses, Miles of Freedom, CBRE, DTLR, Accident & Injury Chiropractic, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter), In the City for Good, Accelerated Active Energy, Dallas Independent School District, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, IDK Foundation, Cummins, The Lamplighter School, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, and Moondo World.