{"id":129242,"date":"2026-03-04T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129242\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:00:21","slug":"coat-drives-near-reading-stacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129242\/","title":{"rendered":"Coat Drives Near Reading | Stacker"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time since 2010, the poverty rate in America shot up dramatically<\/a> in 2022, according to data from the Census Bureau. That means more Americans can’t afford basic needs like food, clothing, shelter, and utilities than has been the case in more than a decade.<\/p>\n

But the situation isn’t just affecting Americans living in poverty. United Way uses the term ALICE to refer to the increasing number of people who are asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed but are still not able to afford their basic needs. In 2021, 13% of Americans earned below the federal poverty level but many more, 29%, fell under the ALICE umbrella, according to the grassroots movement United for ALICE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A study published in August 2022 from Brandeis University found that more than 75% of low-income families working full-time cannot cover the cost of basic needs. What’s more, fewer than 1 in 5 low-income Hispanic and Black families in particular are able to afford the costs of a household budget. “Full-time work alone isn’t enough to cover the everyday essentials<\/a> most families need to support themselves,” the study’s lead author, Pamela Joshi, who holds a doctorate in social policy, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for ways to help, particularly as the temperatures drop and the holidays approach, consider cleaning out your closet and donating a coat to those in need. To help point you in the right direction, Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of coat drives near Reading using data from One Warm Coat<\/a>, a nonprofit that provides free coats to children and adults in need across America. Since 1992, they’ve given out more than 7.85 million coats.<\/p>\n

“This is one very small way to take a step forward and do something very tangible,” One Warm Coat CEO Beth Amodio told USA Today<\/a> in October 2023. “It’s impossible to change the world. But it is possible to change one person’s experience, one person at a time.”<\/p>\n

Read on to find out where you can contribute.<\/p>\n

Opportunity House
– Address: 430 N 2nd St, Reading, PA 19601<\/p>\n

Northwestern Area Elementary School
– Address: 820 Clinton Street, Reading, PA 19601<\/p>\n

One Luv Inc
– Address: 1335 Perry St, Reading, PA 19604<\/p>\n

MOD Pizza: Wyomissing
– Address: 2715 N Meridian Blvd, Wyomissing, PA 19610<\/p>\n

Women On The Move Ministries Incorporated
– Address: 407 East Race Street, Pottstown, PA 19464<\/p>\n

Lands’ End-Exton 135 E Swedesford Road Exton
– Address: PA 19341<\/p>\n

Ebenezer Full Gospel Baptist Church
– Address: 199 Wallace Ave, Downingtown, PA 19335<\/p>\n

Schearer’s Sales & Service
– Address: Inc., 5530 Crackersport Road, Allentown, PA 18104<\/p>\n

MOD Pizza: Shoppes at Belmont
– Address: 1581 Fruitville Pike, Suite B-4, Lancaster, PA 17601<\/p>\n

Maternal and Child Health Consortium
– Address: 1475 Phoenixville Pike, Suite 12, West Chester, PA 19380<\/p>\n

Lancaster County Food Hub
– Address: 812 N Queen St, Lancaster, PA 17603<\/p>\n

One Life Project Inc
– Address: 210 W Grant St Ste 115, Lancaster, PA 17603<\/p>\n

Water Street Mission
– Address: 210 S Prince St, Lancaster, PA 17603<\/p>\n

Family of Christian Churches
– Address: 426 S Queen St, Lancaster, PA 17603<\/p>\n

The Caring Place \u267b\ufe0f
– Address: 931 W Hamilton St Fl 1, Allentown, PA 18101<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time since 2010, the poverty rate in America shot up dramatically in 2022, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-129242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-reading-city","9":"tag-reading-city-headlines","10":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}