Last time Kurt Warner tossed a football for the St. Louis Rams was during the 2003 season.  Yet he and his wife Brenda continue to make a winning touchdown in the Bi-State through Warners’ Warm Up.  The annual coat drive is designed to help thousands of men, women and children who struggle with poverty in our region brave the cold winter temperatures.  What started in 2001 as a one-day drive prior to a Rams game has turned into a two week community-wide effort with hundreds of drop off locations on both sides of the river, resulting in approximately 15,000 coats collected each year.

The two-week drive takes place from October 25-November 7 with more than 250 drop-off locations throughout the Bi-State. As always, Operation Food Search will get the coats to those who need them most through their network of school social workers, social service agencies, and homeless shelters.