Shrader Tire & Oil Launches “Coats for the Community” Drive This October
Shrader Tire & Oil is collecting new and gently used coats, hats, scarves, and gloves this October to help families across Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana stay warm — with every donation staying in the community where it was dropped off.
Hyperlocal, On Purpose
STO operates 14 locations across Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, and this drive is built around that footprint. A coat donated in Lima stays in Lima, going to a charity that already serves that community. It doesn’t get pooled or shipped elsewhere — wherever you drop it off is where it does good.
Toledo Coat Drive: Professional Cleaning for Every Donation
For our five Toledo-area stores, we partner with Cousino Restoration & Environmental to professionally clean and sanitize every donated coat before it’s handed to a family — so local families get gear that’s genuinely ready to wear. Everywhere else across our footprint, donations go straight to the local charity serving that community.
Where Your Donations Are Going
We’re supporting 15+ local charities across Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana — helping children, families, seniors, and individuals in need.
| Charity |
Stores / Cities |
Who They Help |
| Leading Families Home |
Blissfield, Perrysburg, Hagman Rd, Toledo Fleet, Pemberville, Main |
Local families in need |
| Foundation for Pops’ |
Melvindale, MDC |
Local youth and families |
| The Franciscan Center |
Ft. Wayne, IN |
Families in need |
| St. Margaret’s House |
South Bend, IN |
Families & children |
| Crossover Outreach |
Flint, MI |
Families and individuals in crisis |
| Knights of Columbus |
Warren, MI |
Homeless and low-income residents |
| Compassion Ministries of Milan |
Ypsilanti, MI |
Local families |
| St. Vincent De Paul Society of Cincinnati |
West Chester, OH |
Families and individuals in need |
| CRIS (Community Refugee & Immigration Services) |
Columbus, OH |
Refugees and immigrant families |
| United Way of Licking County / The Look Up Center |
Heath, OH |
Families and children in need |
| Neighborhood Relief Services |
Lima, OH |
Families in need |
Drop Off a Coat This October
New or gently used coats, hats, scarves, and gloves — any condition worth wearing, we’ll take it from there.
Michigan
- Blissfield: 8687 US-223, Blissfield, MI 49228
- Melvindale: 25445 Outer Dr., Melvindale, MI 48122
- Flint: 4145.5 Davison Rd., Burton, MI 48509
- Warren: 14140 Frazho Rd., Warren, MI 48089
- Ypsilanti: 3835 Morgan Rd., Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Indiana
- Ft. Wayne: 4802 Hwy. 930, Ft. Wayne, IN 46803
- South Bend: 3160 Youngs Court, South Bend, IN 46614
Ohio
- West Chester: 9676 Inter Ocean Drive, West Chester Twp., OH 45246
- Columbus: 2021 Harmon Ave., Columbus, OH 43223
- Heath: 433 Hopewell Drive, Heath, OH 43056
- Perrysburg: 3511 Genoa Rd., Perrysburg, OH 43551
- Lima: 2475 St. John’s Ave., Lima, OH 45804
- Hagman Rd: 6032 Hagman Rd., Toledo, OH 43612
- Toledo Fleet: 6006 Hagman Rd., Toledo, OH 43612
A coat’s a small thing to give. For someone in one of these towns, it’s the difference between a warm winter and a hard one. Stop by any STO location this October and drop one off.
Why Shrader Tire & Oil Runs a Coat Drive
Shrader Tire & Oil has been a family-owned business serving Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana since 1948. Our trucks run through these same 14 communities every day, and this coat drive is one way we give back to the neighborhoods that keep our business moving. A coat drive built around 14 different service areas only works if it stays local — that’s the whole reason for the model. Rather than pooling every donation in one place, each STO location runs its own version of this coat drive, tied to the charity already doing the work in that town.
This is the same approach STO has taken with past community drives — find a real local need, partner with people already meeting it, and make it easy for customers and employees to help. This year’s coat drive keeps that pattern going, just with a longer runway: running the full month of October gives everyone more time to clean out closets before the cold sets in.
