Winter boot drive organizer hoping to help Winnipeggers in need for a 2nd year

By: CBC Manitoba Posted: 2:52 PM CDT Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020

After helping put 100 pairs of boots on the feet of people in need last year, Robyn Brown is at it again.

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After helping put 100 pairs of boots on the feet of people in need last year, Robyn Brown is at it again.

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After helping put 100 pairs of boots on the feet of people in need last year, Robyn Brown is at it again.

Brown founded the Warm Boots Warm Hearts initiative in 2019 after noticing many families at the Winnipeg school where she works, were in need of winter boots.

Every year, the school received dozens of coats through the Koats for Kids program, but not enough boots.

“We noticed that even with Koats for Kids trying as hard as they could, we weren’t always being able to fulfil all the requests for boots that we had,” she said.

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