Local Franchised New Car Dealers Raise Over $60,000 To Turn Cars Into Coats

Representatives from 11 area schools and local charities will receive over 2,000 warm winter coats after members of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association raised over $60,000 to purchase coats from Operation Warm, a national non-profit that manufactures brand-new, high-quality coats and shoes for children in need. The event took place at local franchised new car dealership Helms Bros., in Queens, New York. The Helms Bros. Group has donated $12,000 to the drive this year—enough to gift 600 brand-new coats to local area children.