16 area schools have collected more than 3,200 coats for the Salvation Army’s annual Coats for Kids drive.

Kadlec Medical Center is donating $500 to the school collecting the most coats, and $200 each for each school that gathers at least 100 coats. The winner of the 2005 School Challenge is Maya Angelou Elementary School in Pasco.

Below is a list of the participating schools in this year’s “School Challenge”:

Badger Mountain Elementary School 283 Richland
Bethlehem Lutheran School 213 Kennewick
Burbank Schools 226 Burbank
Calvary Christian School 127 Kennewick
Connell Schools 78 Connell
Desert Hills Middle School 372 Kennewick
Hanford High School 117 Richland
Harrah Elementary School 133 Wapato
Highlands Middle School 291 Kennewick Mark Twain Elementary School 112 Pasco
Maya Angelou Elementary 387 Pasco
McGee Elementary School 100 Pasco
Park Middle School 150 Kennewick
River View High School 101 Finley
Ruth Livingston Elementary School 100 Pasco
Southgate Elementary School 250 Kennewick
Southridge High School 199 Kennewick

Congratulations and thank you to all schools who participated in the School Challenge. For more information on how to get a coat from the Salvation Army, call (509) 547-2138.