November 23, 2014
The 16th annual Warm Up Marshall County program sponsored by Oliver Ford Lincoln in Plymouth received donations of nearly 400 coats for infants, children and adults over the past few weeks and on Saturday and Sunday those coats were offered to the needy in our communities.
After seeing children waiting for the bus or walking to school without the proper winter apparel when his girls were little, Steve Keiser from Oliver Ford wanted to make a difference. After approaching his employer, the project kicked off and has grown to be quite successful.
This year Wal-Mart joined the project offering new coats at the front door that customers could purchase and donated to the program. About 2 dozen coats were donated and Wal-Mart help by offering a super deal to the Oliver Ford family who had received some additional cash donations to purchase more coats.
Plymouth FOP Lodge 195 also joined the fun by offering tons of hats, gloves and scarves and some talented people hand knit and crocheted hats for the needy too.
As in the past, the Disables American Veterans and members of the 40 & 8 assisted shoppers with selecting the right sized coats for family members.