The New York Yankees baseball team will partner with New York Cares on a winter-coat drive on November 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. The first 1,250 people to donate gently-used coats will receive a pair of tickets to the Army-Rutgers college-football game at Yankee Stadium on November 12.

“We're excited to work with New York Cares to help collect coats for those in need this holiday season,” said New York Yankees general partner Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal. “We hope our incredibly generous fans will join us in Times Square to share in the holiday spirit and help their fellow New Yorkers.”

“The economic downturn continues to hit the hardest for those with the least,” said New York Cares executive director Gary Bagley. For 23 years, New York Cares has collected used winter coats and distributed them to people who otherwise would be cold.

Michael Margolis
Communications, New York Yankees, United States

(November 5, 2011)



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