On October 24, there was a coat drive on Hamline’s campus. As part of the President’s Challenge, we were collecting coats for Taking Root, who were asking for coat donations to give to the incoming refugee families to the Twin Cities. The coats were to be distributed on the 26th. Throughout the span of 2 hours, we were able to collect 53 coats, 16 scarves, 6 hats/gloves, 19 sweaters/vests, and 8 others. This brings the total things collected to 103 items!!!! Words cannot describe how happy we all were with these results. We were notified that the coat giveaway at Taking Root was a huge success and that the families who’d received the items were feeling happy and welcomed.
The coat drive is another example of how beneficial and powerful interfaith service work is to people. Regardless of religious or ethnic backgrounds, people are working together to create more of a pluralistic way of living.
