Do you have one warm coat you don’t really need? I promise you that there is someone out there that needs it.

What does this have to do with organizing, you ask? Make good use of the space you have by clearing out the excess!

One Warm Coat hopes that everyone who needs a coat will have one. Through their site, you can find out where to donate your extra coats. You can find out how to start a coat drive in your community.

You can visit their map to find a drive near you.  Where I live, the drop off was at Old Navy. I bet there is one near you!

While you are digging in the closet, here are a few tips for coat closets:

• Stick to keeping only things in the coat closet that go in and out with you from the house. This includes: stadium seats, umbrellas, rolling grocery carts, grocery recycle bags, coats, hats, gloves and so forth.
• Put some coat hooks at a lower level so kids can reach them.
• Use the inside of the door to hold mittens, hats and scarves. A shoe keeper works great for this.
• Add some extra hangers for your guests coats. (They really DO mind if you lay their coat on the bed with the cat hair even if they said “Oh, that’s okay.”
• Speaking of pet hair, adding a lint roller to your closet is a great idea!

Now, get those extra coats out to someone who needs one!

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