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"You know that happy feeling of getting a gorgeous, brand new winter coat that you absolutely can&amp;#x27;t wait to stay toasty in all season long? Unfortunately, dolls, millions of Americans have no idea what that feels like, because they can&amp;#x27;t afford a warm coat for themselves and their families....but that&amp;#x27;s where you and I come in with an incredible charity effort this winter... A few weeks ago, I was doing the winter switch-over in my closet and came across a few old coats that I haven&amp;#x27;t worn in a while. I figured, as long as I was hauling them to the nearest charity drop-off spot, I should ring up a few friends and see if they had old coats I could come pick up and deliver with my bundle. They did. So did my neighbors. And my parents. The pile grew. And so did my desire to do something wonderful this holiday season. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! I decided to host a coat drive of my own in collaboration with an incredible charitable organization called New York Cares, and my goal is to collect more than 1,000 coats for New Yorkers in need between now and December 31. It&amp;#x27;s a lofty number, I know, but here&amp;#x27;s the thing: I know we can do it! Between my fellow fashion friends (who all suffer from overstuffed closets as an occupational hazard) and all of you lovely ladies, I have every confidence that Slaves to Fashion is going contribute more coats to the New York Cares coat drive than any other individual in NYC. Here&amp;#x27;s how it works: Clean out your closets (if you don&amp;#x27;t have anything gently used but still want to donate, why not buy a brand new parka from Walmart for just $10?). If you live in New York, email me and I&amp;#x27;ll arrange to have your coats picked up anywhere in Manhattan between today and December 31. If you live outside of New York, don&amp;#x27;t fret! You can still get involved with providing a winter essential to someone who so desperately needs it. Log on to www.onewarmcoat.org, pop in your zip code, and find out where the nearest donation center is in your area (or even better, sign up to host a coat drive of your own, like me!). If you spend the holiday season counting your many, many blessings like I do, then please join me in passing along some of those blessings to those less fortunate. I&amp;#x27;ll be documenting my project (and hopefully posting all about my ever-growing pile of 1,000+ coats!) all month here on STF...please join the effort by contributing to the STF/New York Cares coat drive or finding a place to give in your own neighborhood. Now, doesn&amp;#x27;t that give you a warm and fuzzy feeling? PLUS...more great charity efforts from Glamour.com! - Off-beat wedding registry: Donating to charity - If you&amp;#x27;re not doing well, are you still doing good? - 31 days of giving More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter! Photo: Liquid Library/Jupiter Images Unlimited"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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