Copper Country Angel Mission Receives $2,500 Grant to Jump-start the 2024-25 Coat the Copper Country Program

Thanks to grant funding the Copper Country Angel Mission has begun preparing for the 2024/25 Coat the Copper Country campaign. Each year the Copper Country Angel Mission coats the Copper Country program helps prepare winter coats for people in need throughout the western Upper Peninsula. Recently CCAM was awarded a 2,500 dollar grant from the Portage Health Auxiliary to begin purchasing winter coats for the next season.

In 2023 the Calumet non-profit provided 13,000 dollars worth of winter clothing items thanks to Wal-Mart as a partner for special pricing and clearance items. As well as dedicated help from numerous area churches and philanthropic organizations.

The grant funds provided by the Portage Health Auxiliary will help jump-start the 2024/25 Coat the Copper Country program with the Copper Country Angel Mission. Those interested in learning more about CCAM or the grant funds from the Portage Health Auxiliary can find more details below.

Learn more about the Copper Country Angel Mission here.

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Copper Country Angel Mission is already preparing for the 2024/25 Coat the Copper Country winter outerwear distribution, courtesy of a $2500 grant from the Portage Health Auxiliary. We recently purchased winter clothing at discounted off-season prices, using part of the generous grant, to be packed away for next fall. 

The Angel Mission free store (in Calumet) will give away these winter coats, snow pants, gloves, hats and boots to local residents in need through the Coat the Copper Country program starting in mid-October. Angel Mission volunteers also will work with the schools to identify students needing winter wear. We will post the beginning of Coat the Copper Country 2024 on our website, ccangelmission.org, and our Facebook Group page in September.

Walmart was a partner in Coat the Copper Country Program 2023, providing financial assistance and special pricing for clearance items. We had help from many other local businesses, from hosting donation collection cans and gently-used outerwear collection boxes to contributing hundreds of dollars worth of new winter outerwear. Area churches also helped, as well as other philanthropic organizations. The value of winter clothing distributed in 2023 was about $13,000, all of which was obtained through the generosity of individuals, organizations and businesses.

Copper Country Angel Mission thanks Portage Health Auxiliary for the grant, which gives us an early start to preparing for our fall program, and Walmart for their support. With the kindness and caring of our Copper Country community, we are able to help those in need. We look forward to another extraordinary Coat the Copper Country program in 2024.