Our annual coat and sweater drive for Rose Brooks Center starts small with neighbors and friends bringing in donations.

It doubles as friends tell friends. And triples as neighbors tell neighbors.

It's that time of year again. As the weather gets cooler, perhaps with some frost on the ground, we start pulling out sweaters and jackets and coats to keep us warm throughout the winter. At Rose Brooks Center, the women and children that arrive for shelter from domestic violence often come without coats and many times without any additional clothing besides what they are wearing.