Dexter, Missouri - Students collected nearly 200 coats from their annual holiday Coat Drive at Central Elementary School.  

The coats were donated to the Stoddard County Gospel Mission.  

Top classrooms who collected the most coats in each grade were rewarded with a pizza party. The annual coat drive has been project at Central Elementary School for many years.  The coats are distributed to children and adults in need throughout Stoddard County.

The classroom of Shelby Lintz collected the most coats for fifth grade.  She is pictured with Kim Slavings, Gospel Mission Director and her students who worked so hard to bring in coats.  

Ms. Shelby Lintz's students are: Peyton Boles, Brooklyn Brown, Tristan Byrant, Drew Chamberlain, Ellen Dowdy, Gabrielle Dunivan, Makayla Fritch, Allyssa Gross, Alyson Hamlett, Jayci Holcomb, Logan Jones, Logan Josupait, Kaeden Kennedy, Truman Krapf, Alliye Lee, Austin Malloy, Morgan Ryan, Molly Simmons, and Matthew Christopher Stone.

Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times manager/editor.