Lewis County's Bundle Up and Boo hands out more than 900 coats
Bundle Up and Boo, started by West Virginia University nursing students, gave Lewis County families winter clothing, meals for more than 500 people, and candy.
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Bundle Up and Boo stocked Lewis County families for colder weather, WDTV 5 reported. The event, which began with West Virginia University nursing students, handed out more than 900 coats in Weston, meals for more than 500 people, and candy.
Those are the counts from this giveaway. They measure coats, meals, and a Halloween table in one county, not every closet that still needs a winter coat.
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In Weston, West Virginia, an event called Bundle Up and Boo gave families in Lewis County free winter coats, food, and candy. It began with nursing students at West Virginia University. This year the event handed out more than 900 coats and meals for more than 500 people, along with Halloween candy. A coat drive is a pile of warm clothes sorted so they fit the people who need them. The meals were part of the same day, so families left with something to wear and something to eat. The numbers are what this one event gave out.
- Why do coats need to come in many sizes at a giveaway?
- What else, besides a coat, helps a family when the weather turns cold?
- How did a student project become a county event?
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