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LWC Bonner Scholars donate winter coats to Head Start students

By Shelby Burton
Public Relations

A group of Lindsey Wilson College students helped ensure that area children will keep warm this winter.

LWC students in the college's Bonner Scholar Program delivered 50 winter coats to Adair County Head Start on Monday morning. Members of the LWC community and Columbia-Adair County residents donated coats and money to purchase coats for the LWC Bonner Scholar Program.

This year's drive, in its 14th year, was led by LWC Director of Civic Engagement and Student Leadership Kisha Burton and Bonner Scholar Assistant Director Yayi Sonnabend.

Along with two LWC Bonner Scholars, Burton and Sonnabend presented the coats Monday to Adair County Head Start. Collin Pike, a middle grades education junior from Columbia, and Makaylah Hadley, an elementary education junior from Campbellsville, Kentucky, gave each child a coat that was specially chosen for them.

"It was so fun just seeing all the kids' faces light up when you go in there and give them their coats and they smile and they act so excited to get it," said Pike. "The dedication and love that we have for service and giving back to the community and giving these kids their coats really shows them that we care and that we love them."


Monday's delivery of winter coats to Adair County Head Start also brought a lot of Christmas joy to the staff, according to Adair County Head Start Family Support Specialist Erica Turner.

"I think it's a great thing for the Bonners to do," said Turner. "It really helps the families here, and it's so special that the Bonners get to see how happy the children are when they get their new jackets."

For more information about Coats for Kids or the LWC Bonner Scholar Program, contact Burton at burtonk@lindsey.edu or 270-384-7469.


This story was posted on 2024-12-18 10:51:03
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Sonnabend shares a hug



2024-12-18 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College.
Lindsey Wilson College Bonner Scholar Assistant Director Yayi Sonnabend shares a hug with an Adair County Head Start student after she received a new coat. A total of 50 area children at Adair County Head Start received a new winter coat on Monday morning, thanks to the LWC Bonner Scholar coat drive.

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Bonner Scholar Program brings winter coats to Head Start



2024-12-18 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College.
Pictured, from left: LWC Bonner Scholar Collin Pike from Columbia, Bonner Scholar Assistant Director Yayi Sonnabend, LWC Director of Civic Engagement and Student Leadership Kisha Burton and Bonner Scholar Makaylah Hadley from Campbellsville, Kentucky, pose Monday morning with children from one of the Adair County Head Start classes who received new winter coats from this year's LWC Bonner Scholar coat drive.

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Collin Pike helps head start student with new coat



2024-12-18 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College.
Lindsey Wilson College middle grades education junior and Bonner Scholar Collin Pike of Columbia helps an Adair County Head Start student put on his new coat on Monday morning. Since its inception 14 years ago, the LWC Bonner Scholar coat drive has provided more than 700 new winter coats to preschool-age children and their siblings.

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