Central Alabamians come together to keep local students warm – WVTM13 Birmingham
Central Alabamians are coming together to keep local students warm as we approach winter.Saturday, the Pi Upsilon Sigma chapter of Phi Beta Sigma hosted their Coats for Kids drive at the Burlington Coat Factory in Hoover.Both members and people outside the organization spent the morning dropping off donations which will go to children in the chapter’s adopted schools.Tarnett Morris, committee chair of the drive said this group mentors children at two Birmingham schools and one in Walker County.”We are here collecting coats to donate to our adopted schools to make sure that we can warm not only the hearts, but the bodies of the young men and women at the schools that we serve,” Morris said.Morris said brothers see the need for these donations firsthand, as they volunteer for the morning carpool at these schools.”If they’re warm, if they’re feeling good, they can then retain and receive information that’s being given to them,” Morris said. “But if they’re in the classroom freezing and shivering, they’re not going to be able to learn.”In addition to Saturday’s coat drive, Morris said there are other ways to support their mission.You can find more information here.
Central Alabamians are coming together to keep local students warm as we approach winter.
Saturday, the Pi Upsilon Sigma chapter of Phi Beta Sigma hosted their Coats for Kids drive at the Burlington Coat Factory in Hoover.
Both members and people outside the organization spent the morning dropping off donations which will go to children in the chapter’s adopted schools.
Tarnett Morris, committee chair of the drive said this group mentors children at two Birmingham schools and one in Walker County.
“We are here collecting coats to donate to our adopted schools to make sure that we can warm not only the hearts, but the bodies of the young men and women at the schools that we serve,” Morris said.
Morris said brothers see the need for these donations firsthand, as they volunteer for the morning carpool at these schools.
“If they’re warm, if they’re feeling good, they can then retain and receive information that’s being given to them,” Morris said. “But if they’re in the classroom freezing and shivering, they’re not going to be able to learn.”
In addition to Saturday’s coat drive, Morris said there are other ways to support their mission.
You can find more information here.
