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Floyd's Helps Keep Hundreds Warm This Winter
A local barbershop generated hundreds of donations that will help keep more than 600 toasty as the temperatures dip.
Hundreds of people in need of warm clothes will have them as temperatures plunge, thanks to a coat drive coordinated by a renown barbershop.
Floyd's 99 rock 'n roll barbershop in Lincoln Park, along with five other Floyd's 99 shops in the city, cumulatively collected more than 600 coats for charity, along with hats, gloves and mittens.
"We’ve been giving them to local churches and shelters for the past week, but the bulk went to the Franciscan Outreach in Lincoln Park," Floyd's spokeswoman Chris Kelley said in a written statement. "(On Sunday) we’re planning to drop off another Santa-sized pile of winter gear we collected."
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The drive got off to a slow start because of warm fall and early winter weather, he said, but quickly picked up as the holidays approached. This is the third consecutive year the shops have coordinated the effort.
“We love helping people,” said Pete Vercellin, Floyd’s operational manager. “More and more people are finding out about our annual drive. ... The people of Chi-town are so generous that next year we expect to collect 1,000 coats.”
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