The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, November 20, 1994              TAG: 9411200138
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

COATS FOR KIDS

ILLUSTRATION: Photos

GARY C. KNAPP

ABOVE: James Brook, 11, front left, and Kenneth James, 12, front

right, look at coats being given away Saturday at the Eastern

Virginia Medical School. RIGHT: Amy Thiel, a volunteer from Norfolk,

helps Deshawn Thompson, 7, try on a coat he has found. The giveaway

is part of the sixth annual ``Coats for Kids'' community project.

Citizens donated used coats to local business and students from the

medical school helped collect and distribute them.

by CNB