Mars 4-H STEAM members Bailey Jackson, 12, and Rose Snow, 13, pose with coats to promote the group's upcoming coat drive.

After a relatively warm holiday, the Mars Space Pioneers 4-H STEAM group is collecting gently used and new winter coats for those in need.

The coat drive runs on Thursday, Dec. 30, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Social Sphere at 162 Brickyard Road, Suite 400, in Mars.

A second drop-off time is scheduled for Jan. 6 from 7 to 8 p.m. at Tokens Arcade, 18 Chesapeake St. in Lyndora.

The effort dovetails with a larger coat drive run by the statewide Pennsylvania 4-H organization, and the students will be delivering the coats they collect to the 2022 Pennsylvania Farm Show in January.

“I encourage people to go through their closet and take their hand-me-downs,” said Mars Space Pioneers 4-H STEAM leader Mary Elizabeth Snow. “A huge part of our club is to reduce, reuse and recycle. That's a very important part of everything we do.”

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