A mighty big Thank You goes out to Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation, whose generous donation of warm winter coats for veterans afforded American Legion Post 372 and other veterans organizations to keep our at risk and homeless veterans warm this winter.

Ocean State Job Lot, with over 150 stores in New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, strives to truly be part of the community. Through their Ocean State Job Lot’s Charitable Foundation, they support important causes such as homeless veterans.

In 2022, the OSJL Charitable Foundation, through their annual Buy*Give*Get Program, were able to donate 50,000 coats for our veterans. The coats were distributed to veterans’ organizations throughout the Northeast, in partnership with a multi-state network of veteran support agencies, organizations, assistance programs and action groups.

Some local organizations that aided in distribution included American Legions, VFWs, Bookwell Travel, Team RWB and Project Freedom, to name a few.