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Oxford VFW Post 334 received an email request for 25 children s winter coats, hats, gloves and mittens from the Lake Orion and Oxford elementary schools.
VFW Post member Bob Mahan and his wife Cindy shopped for the children s coats at Meijer in Auburn Hills. When a store employee asked if he could help, Mahan explained what the coats were for. The employee called the department manager who called the store director to share the information.
Store Director Rob Aquilina offered the post a $1,000 gift card to buy 33 children s winter coats.
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By Saturday, Dec. 19, 17 post and auxiliary families had also donated and the total collected was 124 winter coats, 168 mittens and gloves and 67 hats. The week before Christmas the donations were delivered to the Lake Orion and Oxford elementary schools.