Pod Pick: Jimmy Koplik's Coats for a Cause

Feb 18, 2021, 07:22 PM

Mayor Joe Ganim of Bridgeport was on to explain the importance of Jimmy Koplik's Coats for a Cause, which is raising money to buy coats for the homeless of his city. (0:00) 

Not just any coat will be provided to the Bridgeport homeless. Chaz and AJ spoke to the inventor and designer of the EMPWR coat, Veronika Scott. (6:11) 

Chaz and AJ pushed for donations between 7 and 8 AM, since Bob and Amy Stefanowski would be matching ALL of those donations. Ashley was in charge of the math, and she had a hard time doing of all that live on the air. (13:00) 

Howard Saffan is behind the Harbor Yard Amphitheater, and surprised Chaz and AJ with an added prize for anyone who donated $1,000 or more to Jimmy Koplik's Coats for a Cause. (17:58) 

Jimmy Koplik was on to talk about the amphitheater, and how Coats for a Cause all started. (29:20) 

Jeanette Herron is the genesis of the entire Coats for a Cause, which she admitted started with much more modest goals. (36:10)