Blue Coats Keep Homeless Warm

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Youngstown Blue Coats collects coats, gloves, hats, boots, sleeping bags and other warm items. It distributes them to homeless veterans and others. The organization, founded in 2017, works with area agencies to provide each person it encounters the resources he or she needs. Its CEO is Patty Summers. Blue Coats depends entirely on volunteers and all funds raised go directly to meet its goals. In addition to keeping people warm, the group also identifies and addresses o