Annual Mikinakoos winter coat drive raises $40,000 – Your Sunset Country

November 18, 2025

The Mikinakoos Children’s Fund will be donating 1,248 winter coats to children in First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario this year.

The coat drive raised $20,000 from individual donors, which was matched by the Knights of Columbus, who provided an additional $20,000 donation.

“So many children in remote First Nations communities, they don’t have access or even sometimes the ability to purchase a new winter coat for themselves,” explains Mikinakoos Executive Director Stephanie Paxton.

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