Gift and coat drive

When you’re shopping for gifts this holiday season, consider picking up something extra and donating it to the annual gift and toy drive, run by Penn Volunteers In Public Service (Penn VIPS). The drive runs from Dec. 1 through 17 and all toys and gifts will support the annual holiday party sponsored by Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, as well as People’s Emergency Shelter, local schools, Potter’s Mission, Bridges to the Community, Intercultural Family Services, and many more.

All items for the holiday drive must be new, unused, and unwrapped. Donations may be dropped off at the following locations: President’s Office, Provost Office, Museum Reception Desk, African-American Resource Center, Human Resources, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, Netter Center, Information Systems & Computing, the Wharton School, School of Nursing, LIFE, Research Services, Student Health, Translational Research Laboratories, School of Social Policy and Practice, Comptroller’s Office, Gift Planning, and Facilities and Real Estate Services.

Penn VIPS is also holding a coat drive from Dec. 1 through the 17, in which people may donate gently used winter coats in good condition, for both children and adults. Donations may be dropped off to Isabel Sampson-Mapp on the 2nd floor of the Netter Center, 111 S. 38th St.

For more information, contact Sampson-Mapp at 215-898-2020 or sammapp@pobox.upenn.edu.