MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Rotary and Cobie’s Fine Dry Cleaning are collecting donations of coats and winter boots for children - which will indeed include boots this year. The annual Coats and Boots for Kids distribution will be Nov. 5 from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in the cafeteria at Columbia Middle School, 1111 E. Nelson Rd. There is a limit of four free coats or pairs of boots per family.

The Moses Lake Rotary has been sponsoring a coat drive, and now a coat and boot drive, for about 25 years, said Rotary member Dave Campbell in an earlier interview. Rotary members and Cobie’s owners have been partnering for the last few years. Rotary members are looking for coats, new and used, as long as the coats are in good condition.

Coat and boot donations can be dropped off in the lobby at Samaritan Hospital and the lobbies at Samaritan clinics at 1550 South Pioneer Way and 8420 Aspi Blvd. Other donation locations include the Edward Jones offices of Roger Hochstetler, 821 E. Broadway Ave. Suite 3, and Justin Ashley, 321 Beech St., Suite 1.

Coats and boot donations also can be dropped off at Basin Family Chiropractic, 2200B Maiers Road, the Moses Lake Fairfield Inn, 2308 Marina Drive, the Moses Lake branch of Umpqua Bank, 101 E. Fourth Ave., and Moses Lake Industries, 8248 Randolph Rd. NE.