​Upcoming Events & News

Brackets for Good is our only major fundraiser for 2017! Please help us win $10,000! Click "Learn More" below to see how you can help us fund the need for coats, hats and gloves for the 2017-2018 season!

Past Events

Wine Dinner and Fund the Need-Celebrating 15 years of Giving!


November 2016
Our 15th anniversary celebration dinner was a huge success with over 120 in attendance. Thank you to Lewis Rice for the beautiful event space. The fund the need and small auction event raised $100,000 to support kids in St. Louis. 


​September 2016
Marquette High School journalism class writes an article about Coat-A-Kid for the Old Newsboys Day paper that will be sold on November 17th. All profits from paper sales will benefit local children's charities like Coat-A-Kid.
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Phyllis Hackman, representing the Foster kids that Coat-A-Kid serves, and Betsey Beckmann attend the journalism class to be interviewed for the article. The high school students asked great questions and we are looking forward to a great article. Thank you students and @OldNewsboysSTL !




March 2016

Brackets for Good 
​We received $8,146 from our generous donors in the Brackets for Good competition. We will coat 326 kids next season from these generous donations.

 
January 2016​
Piccione Pastry ('pitch-choh-neh') 
​www.piccionepastry.com
Donated 10% of a week's sales, totaling $813.16. With that we can coat 50 more kids! Thank you patrons and employees!
MAC Charitable Society for Children donated $10,978.00 to Coat-A-Kid at their annual presentation dinner on January 22, 2016.

​This year's event theme was "A Tribute to The Beatles." There was some dancing by volunteers going on, but there are no pix to prove it!! Thank you Missouri Athletic Club members! The donation will purchase new coats, hats and gloves that will be put to great use as the temps plummet!
December 2015
​Blue Ocean Fitness continues to amaze us every year by hosting a Boot Camp Fundraiser.  This year the attendees donated $3,000  plus new coats!
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Thanks to all who attended and John Farkas for hosting!  ​

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November 2015
​A huge thank you for our BIG CHECK from the St. Louis Community Credit Union. We were doubly blessed by the presence of two  St Louis Community Credit Union employees, Mary Poletti and Dorothy Bell, who helped us coat 207 kids at Lexington School and presented us with the donation of $1000 from the employees of the Credit Union. Thank you from the bottom of our very warm hearts, and the kids' hearts, too!
November 2015​
​On Thanksgiving Day, 55 yogis attended a fundraiser for Coat-A-Kid at Pure Hot Yoga,  www.yogastlouis.com.  They raised $1700, received 5 new coat donations and an assortment of hats and gloves. Thank you to all who stretched for us. Coat-A-Kid is thankful.

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