The Livingston Coat Drive, founded and directed by Livingston resident Jeff Friedman, has concluded for the 2015-16 season, with a total count that exceeds last year's total by one.
"Here at the Livingston Coat Drive, we are careful with our counts. Still, it's fair to say that the numbers could be off by one or two percent, one way or the other," explained Friedman, who is known affectionately as "The Coat Guy." That being said, the final count of winter coats and jackets for the 2015-16 season, he noted, "comes in at 2,131 in 31 deliveries, relative to 2,130 last season. Exactly one coat ahead! In addition, we collected 407 sport coats/jackets."
The number of donations during the Coat Drive's five years of operation totals 6,448 warm coats and jackets. "Averaging three pounds per garment, that’s some 19,344 pounds or 9.672 tons of warmth!" said the Coat Guy.