Coats for Kids makes winter warmer for Hoosier families

at the expense of Hoosiers.

>>> IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY FOR US AT WTHR AND FOR HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES IN CENTRAL INDIANA.

TODAY THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM TUCHMAN CLEANERS, THE SALVATION ARMY, OLD NATIONAL BANK AND MANY OF YOU WE WERE ABLE TO PASS OUT THOUSANDS OF WARM WINTER JACKETS FOR OUR COATS FOR KIDS PROGRAM.

NAOMI PESCOVITZ WAS THERE AND SHOWS US HOW AFTER THREE DECADES IT IS STILL MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

>> Reporter: AFTER 30 YEARS, THERE IS ALWAYS A LINE OF FAMILIES WAITING AT THE BLUE RIBBON PAVILION.

THIS YEAR WE FOUND KERRY, MIA AND ALI SHOPPING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

YOU SEE ANYTHING YOU LIKE? CAROLINE IS GUIDING THEM THROUGH THE RACKS OF MORE THAN 5,000 COATS.

>> LET'S TRY THIS ONE ON.

>> Reporter: A SALVATION ARMY VOLUNTEER, SHE IS HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, TOO.

>> ONCE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO WAS A SINGLE MOTHER AND I CAN ABSOLUTELY PUT MYSELF IN THEIR POSITION.

>> Reporter: BOTH GIRLS CHOSE PURPLE, AND PICKED THEIR OWN HATS AND GLOVES.

SMALL GIFTS THAT MEAN THE WORLD TO THIS FAMILY.

>> MY HUSBAND IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE HOUSEWORKING AND HE WORKS REALLY HARD TO TRY TO PROVIDE FOR US.

IT'S A BLESSING.

>> Reporter: AFTER 30 YEARS A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT EACH YEAR FAMILIES COME BACK, KNOWING THIS IS A PLACE THEY CAN GET A WARM COAT FOR THE WINTER.

>> THERE IS STILL THE NEED.

THERE IS STILL THE KIDS WHO COME IN WITH LOTS OF ENTHUSIASM AND THE PARENTS WHO COME IN WITH THAT I GOT TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE WINTER HITS.

>> Reporter: WTHR REPORTER DAVED >> Reporter: WTHR REPORTER DAVEV >> Reporter: WTHR REPORTER DAVEE MACK A FLAILLY HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING SINCE THE EVENT WAS BORN THREE DECADES AGO.

>> IT'S FOR SOMEBODY THEY DONE EVEN KNOW, A CHILD.

AND THAT'S VERY TOUCHING.

EVERY YEAR OF THINK OF THAT.

>> Reporter: THE VOLUNTEERS SMILING AS MUCH AS THE KIDS THEY HELP.

THIS YOUNG MAN SO GRATEFUL HE BROUGHT A CARD TO SAY THANK YOU.

>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE COATS, AND THE HATS, AND THE GLOVES.

AND FOR THE 30 YEARS OF GIVING.

>> Reporter: AT THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS, NAOMI PESCOVITZ -- >> IT WAS NICE TO MEET I.

BUY.

>> Reporter: CHANNEL 13 EYEWITNESS NEWS.

>> HOW SWEET OF HIM.

WE WANT TO SHARE ONE LAST THANK YOU TO THE MANY VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED HAND OUT THE COATS TODAY, AND TO ALL OF YOU AT HOME WHO DONATED A COAT OR CASH.

THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU.

AND I WAS OUT THERE EARLIER TODAY, AND SO GREAT TO SEE AND SO MANY SMILES THAT YOU PUT ON THOSE CHILDREN'S FACES WHEN YOU DONATE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH IF YOU.

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