Our Story

Making the World a Little Bit Warmer

Coats of Friendship started when Tristan saw a YouTube video about a homeless little boy without a jacket, in 5 degree weather. He had stood on the streets for 2 hours and no one helped him. Finally, another homeless person gave him his jacket and some money. That made Tristan so sad that he started the coat drive so that everyone could have a jacket. 

We got our first donation of coats in 2015 and hung them throughout two parks in York, PA, so people who live on the streets, with no jackets, could just walk up and grab a jacket. While we were hanging the jackets, we meet a teenage girl and her mom. They had just moved from Florida, where they did not need jackets, and they did not have enough money for jackets. So we got her, her family, and her neighbors jackets. 

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It has now adapted into an organization run by elementary students who are inspired to collect warm clothing for people in need in York County, PA.