10 On Your Side Coats for Families

It can get cold in Virginia. In 1985, temperatures dropped to a record-breaking -30°F in Mountain Lake. That’s why WAVY, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate serving the Hampton Roads-Norfolk-Portsmouth DMA, is continuing its 30-year tradition of collecting new and like-new coats for people in need of all ages and sizes.

WAVY, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate serving Hampton Roads, Va., continues its annual community project, 10 On Your Side Coats for Families drive. According to the station, WAVY has been helping those in need by collecting coats for people of all ages and sizes for more than three decades.

For 29 years, WAVY Norfolk, Va., has teamed up with local businesses, nonprofits and churches to collect, clean and distribute winter garmets. This year it gathered more than 16,000 coats, a new record.

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8,000 people in need are warmer today thanks to WAVY’s 10 On Your Side Coats for Families campaign. This is the most to date in the station’s 20-plus years of hosting the campaign.