Winter coats to be handed out to children

UPCOMING EVENT FROM EACH ORGANIZATION.

FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

NEWS 18 HAS TEAMED UP WITH THE SALVATION ARMY AND SEVERAL AREA BUSINESSES TO COLLECT WINTER COATS FOR CHILDREN.

FOR THIS YEAR'S 'COATS FOR KIDS' CAMPAIGN.

AS NEWS 18'S KRISTA HENERY REPORTS.

SATURDAY MORNING.

THOUSANDS OF COATS AND OTHER WINTER CLOTHING WILL BE HANDED OUT TO CHILDREN IN NEED.

#@JIM IRVINE: "THERE'S COATS OF ALL SIZES, ALL COLORS, ALL WEIGHTS AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP A VARIETY OF PEOPLE.

"KRISTA: HELP PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

STAY WARM THIS WINTER.

JIM IRVINE: "THE CHILDREN REALLY ARE THE IMPORTANT FOCUS OF THIS.

IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE WHEN A CHILD HASN'T GOT A COAT.

" IMPORTANT FOCUS OF THIS.

IT'S KRISTA: MORE THAN 15-HUNDRED COATS ARE PILED HIGH AT THE SALVATION ARMY.

ALL AFTER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING WABASH NATIONAL AND FAIRFIELD MANUFACTURING CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS YEAR'S 'COATS FOR KIDS' CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS.

DICK: " OVER 1400.

THAT WAS THE CHALLENGE WE PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IF WE EXCEEDED 14- HUNDRED COATS COLLECTED THAT WE WOULD STEP UP AT WABASH NATIONAL AND PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION.

" WABASH NATIONAL AND PROVIDE AN JIM MILLS: "THE RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMING FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN DO EVEN MORE NEXT YEAR.

" KRISTA: (STAND UP)JIM IRVINE: IT'S NOT SIMPLY ABOUT A COAT, OR A PAIR OF PANTS, IT'S ABOUT CONNECTING WITH A HUMAN IN NEED AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THE COAT IS SIMPLY THE VEHICLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

"KRISTA: MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO WARM THE HEARTS OF CHILDREN.

WHILE KEEPING THEM WARM THIS WINTER.

ONE JACKET.

AT A TIME.

KRISTA HENERY, NEWS 18.

@# THEM WARM THIS WINTER.

ONE THE DISTRIBUTION STARTS SATURDAY MORNING AT THE SALVATION ARMY FROM 9 UNTIL 11.

AGAIN.

EVERYTHING FROM COATS, BOOTS, HATS AND MITTENS.

AND OTHER WINTER CHILDREN'S CLOTHING WILL BE AVAILABLE ON.

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