The Waterbury Group will distribute dozens of coats to the city’s most vulnerable residents.

Dan Telesco, co-founder of the Make a Home Foundation, said that, “We’ll pass them out to the shelters, we’ll go down to the river in Naugatuck, and we’ll go down to Tent City here in Waterbury.”

The organization was founded to serve veterans and people in crisis, but has expanded its mission to help all homeless in Connecticut.

According to a member of the Waterbury Masons Liberty Continental Lodge, “Last year, we had every table full. We had enough to clothe every homeless resident (in Waterbury).”

“Hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds,” said Martinelli.

“You know how cold it’s been and how cold it’s going to get and we get panicky for those people.” “It’s scary. This is not the time of year to be without coats,” Telesco said.

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