Here’s how LCO’s coat drive is already helping veterans From left, Johnny Varner, American Legion Post 7 veteran services officer, Art Gallegos Jr., president of LCO and the Rev. Lamar Johnson, director of Veterans and Community Outreach Organization, meet on Dec. 19 to distribute coats to veterans in need.
Photo courtesy LCO
In early December, Latinos Conservative Organization in Gainesville called upon the community to donate coats for local veterans in need, and residents delivered.
Art Gallegos Jr., president of LCO, said his group gathered around 200 coats, jackets, sweaters, scarves and winter hats. He said residents of Deaton Creek in Hoschton and Chateau Elan in Braselton contributed a large portion of the amount.