Freezing temperatures and rising costs are forcing many families to make tough decisions this holiday season.<\/p>\n
To help ease that pressure, Cradles to Crayons Philadelphia<\/a> is collecting new and gently used coats for its Gear Up for Winter initiative. Cradles to Crayons aims to collect 25,000 coats for Philly-area kids in need this year.<\/p>\n The organization is collecting new and gently used coats, hats, boots, gloves and winter clothing of all sizes. It’s also looking for new diapers, pajamas, socks, underwear and school supplies.\u00a0<\/p>\n You can find a drop-off location by searching for your zip code on the Cradles to Crayons website<\/a>. You can also donate money online or purchase items from the organization’s Amazon wish list<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to Cradles to Crayons, many families make difficult tradeoffs in the winter months, with 1 in 3 households with children unable to pay a home energy bill at least once in the last year. Cradles to Crayons partners with local organizations, schools and city agencies to provide free resources to families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Freezing temperatures and rising costs are forcing many families to make tough decisions this holiday season. To help…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":451801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,40808,66880,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-451800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-holiday-season","10":"tag-mentioned-on-air","11":"tag-pa","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115731526038939027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}