ABINGTON,Pa. — Penn State Abington elementary and early childhood education majors (EECE) led a campuswide drive that ultimately distributed more than 700 winter coats to children and families in need at a partnership school in the city.
The students loaded up cars with coats, gloves, hats and boots, and headed for McClure Elementary School, located in North Philadelphia. Fifteen EECE students drove to the school, sorted the coats and other items, and then helped the children “shop” for what they needed. In addition, five families from Puerto Rico, who were displaced from their homes by the hurricane, were invited to choose much-needed winter clothing.