This is the third year Charlie Pitner has obtained over 1,000 coats for Charlie’s Kids-4-Kids Coat Drive.
On Thursday, the distribution began at the Hope Community of Shalom, donating the much-needed items to 20-30 families.
“I found out on the radio you could donate $40 a month and they’d send a coat to some third-world country. I went to my mom and said ‘Hey we should do this,’ and she said, ‘We don’t really have the money to donate $40 a month.’ Then I came back out and asked if I could raise my own coats for people like that,” says Charlie.
This is Charlie’s sixth year donating coats, and this time it’s to the Guadalupe Economic Services. He also has a lot of supporters.
“I have a lot of friends who help me and tell other people to help donate,” said Pitner.
“To be connected with our community, to be of help to the community, is something. When God places it in your heart, there’s no stopping it,” said Henry Solis, Hope Community of Shalom minister.
Charlie began this journey to help families in need of a warm coat for winter. He plans to do this for a long time.
“When I was 6 I told my mom that I wanted … When we were going through the process, I said I wanted to send them all across the world. So I hope that dream will become a reality,” said Pitner.
