Another Michigan winter approaches and it’s not going to be a warm one. Especially for those who don’t have a warm winter coat.

Sheriff Michael J. Bouchard and the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office kick off the 32nd year of the Coats for the Cold campaign.

“’Coats for the Cold’ is a good way to help someone less fortunate stay warm this winter,” Bouchard said. “With the needs of the community being so great, we are asking folks to give generously this year.”

Bouchard is asking the community to go into their closets and donate new or clean, gently-used coats. The dates for this year’s coat drive are Nov. 1-30.

New or clean, used coats collected during the coat drive will be given to several different charitable organizations who will then distribute the coats to those most in need at no cost.

Locally donors can drop off coats to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Substation at Oxford Twp., 310 Dunlap Rd., Genisys Credit Union, 120 S. Washington St. in Oxford and Coldwell Banker, 1370 S. Lapeer Rd. A full list of Oakland County drop-off locations is available at OaklandSheriff.com in the “Community Services” section, and on the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.

This year, the sheriff’s office is partnering with Genisys Credit Union, Real Estate One, COWS (Containers on Wheels) and 1-800-Self-Storage.com for the coat drive.