On Saturday, December 20, 2025,  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.

This year we distributed over 650 coats to children and families in need. 

Community Partners included Toyota, Dallas Mavericks, Accident & Injury Chiropractic, Target, Terris Perkins, Jr., LIRA, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter), Empowering the Masses, HELP, Peter & Dena Silberman, In the City For Good, Junior League of Dallas, Project Unity, Bridgford, WestRock, CBRE, Mahiri Takai, Bimbo, IDK Foundation, SoftwareDXT, Doris Edmon, RoseSharon Wright, Crystal Tyler, Thelma Gay, Mildred Pierce, Clinton Marshall, Patience Mbamba, and Jordan Lowder.

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