Camarillo, CA – The 4th Annual Coats for Casa Pacifica charity coat drive at Three Springs Park in Westlake Village on January 18th was a huge success. Privately hosted by Lydia Gable with Keller Williams Realty and Rick Winters of Winters Financial, the event included 25 tons of snow and sledding to entertain the kids and their families, free cold and hot coffee drinks and smoothies, plus an arts and crafts area.

More than 1,400 community donations of warm clothing including coats, sweaters, mittens, scarves, and sweatshirts were collected, far surpassing the previous year’s collection of approximately 1,000 items.

All the donated items were delivered on Tuesday, January 21st to Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families, the Camarillo-based agency that cares for abused, neglected, and at-risk youth through both campus and community-based programs.

Casa Pacifica’s Chief Advancement Officer Vicki Murphy was ecstatic at the huge volume of donations. “We’re so grateful to Rick and Lydia . . . it makes such a difference for our children. In general, we don’t receive a lot of coat donations, and often our kids come with just a few things when they are admitted to Casa Pacifica, so it is really lovely for them to have so many coats to choose from, and they can take as many as they like.”

Murphy continues, “On behalf of all the kids and families who desperately can use these coats and sweaters, we thank you so very much.”

Headquartered on a rural 24-acre campus just five miles from the ocean, Casa Pacifica is a crisis-care and residential treatment facility serving abused, neglected, or at-risk children with severe emotional, social, behavioral, and mental health challenges primarily in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. The agency is the largest non-profit provider of children’s mental health services in both counties and administers a number of community-based programs which are designed with the intent to strengthen families and keep children in their homes. For more information about Casa Pacifica visit its website www.casapacifica.org or call the Development Department at (805) 445-7800.