A near-record 1,295 coats were collected this year for the annual Kerlin Family of Businesses Coat Drive. The coats, along with many hats, gloves and mittens will be donated to Combined Community Services of Kosciusko County, a local nonprofit organization that serves the county’s low-income residents. This year’s coat drive concluded on Friday, Oct. 24. Wildman Business Group and Peerless Cleaners will provide the laundering and dry-cleaning of the donated items.