VIDEO: Raton students eagerly unpack winter coats

PREPORTER: IT WAS AN EARLY START PFOR OUR KOAT NEWS TEAM.

PEVERYONE CARRYING BAGS THOUGH POUR STUDIO AND TAKING THEM POUTSIDE, WHERE THIS WAL-MART PTRUCK WAS WAITING.

PONCE EVERY BAG WAS LOADED, WE PSTARTED OUR JOURNEY UP NORTH TO PLONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY IN RATION.

P>> KOATS FOR KIDS.

PKOATS FOR KIDS.

PREPORTER: STUDENTS GETTING PLOUDER EVERY SECOND, AS THEY SEE PSKY 7 LANDING FEET IN FRONT OF PTHEM.

P>> WHAT IS THE PILOT'S NAME? > HIS NAME IS NEAL.

PYOU'LL SEE HIM COME OUT OF HIS PDOOR.

PREPORTER: EVERY STUDENT THRILLED P, TO GET UP CLOSE TO SKY 7.

P>> YOU WANA LOOK INSIDE? PREPORTER: BUT OTHERS WANTED TO PMAKE SURE THEY MADE IT ON TV.

P>> MY MOM'S GOING TO WATCH.

PMY MOM'S WATCHING.

P>> HELLO MOMMY AND DADDY.

PREPORTER: OR, THEY MORE PIMPORTANT THINGS TO TELL ME, PLIKE WHAT THEY WANTED FROM PSANTA.

P>> POKEMON GO.

P>> I WANT AN IPAD.

PREPORTER: AFTER WRITING DOWN PTHEIR CHRISTMAS LIST, IT WAS PTIME TO UNLOAD KOATS.

P>> HERE YOU GO.

PREPORTER: BUT SOME BAGS WERE PMUCH BIGGER THAN OTHERS.

P>> YEAH, I GET THE BIG ONE PAGAIN.

P>> YOU READY? PYOU GOT IT? P>> YEAH.

PREPORTER: SCHOOL STAFF SAYS THEY PCANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR PDONATIONS.

P>> EVERY STUDENT WHO HAD A NEED PGOT A COAT.

PWE ALSO HAD SOME ADULTS IN THE PDISTRICT THAT HAD A NEED THAT PGOT A COAT.

PREPORTER: ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR PKINDNESS.

P>> THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE POF THAT GENEROSITY COMING PTHROUGH AGAIN AND AGAIN.

P>> THANK YOU, NEW MEXICO.

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Video: Needy children get coats just in time for winter

REPORTER: YOU SEE IT IN THEIR FACES, YOU HEAR IT IN THEIR LAPS.

EXCITEMENT ON AN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING OVER THE CHANCE TO BEAT WINTER.

>> YOU GUYS EXCITED TO GET SOME COATS? >> YEAH.

>> IF I DON'T HAVE A COAT I'M GOING TO BE VERY COLD, AND IF I DO I'M GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY BECAUSE I WON'T BE COLD AND I'LL STAY WARM FOR THE WHOLE WINTER.

REPORTER: THAT'S WHERE THE COATS FOR KIDS CAMPAIGN COMES IN, THE THEME? WARM COATS, WARM HEARTS.

AT ANY BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY, DONATE A GENTLY-WORN JACKET, AND YOU GET 10% OFF YOUR TOTAL ORDER, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE CHANCE TO HELP A KID IN NEED LAST YEAR PEOPLE DONATED MORE THAN 250 COATS AT THIS NORTHWE BALTIMORE LOCATION, AND THIS TIME AROUND THEY'RE AIMING HIGHER.

>> OUR GOAL THIS YEAR FOR OUR STORE PERSONALLY IS 300 COATS GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S A GREAT CAUSE.

REPORTER: A GREAT CAUSE, THAT TRANSLATES TO FEELING GREAT.

>> THEY'RE ABLE TO WALK TO SCHOOL WITH A PEP IN THEIR STEP WITH CONFIDENCE AND GET THEIR EDUCATION ON, IT'S SO EXCITING.

REPORTER: EVEN MORE EXCITING WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVE.

>> CHILDREN LOSE HEAT FASTER THAN ADULTS AND TEENAGERS AND THEY SOMETIMES DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE LOSING THE HEAT, SO THEY GET COLD QUICK, THAT SETS THEM AT RISK FOR HYPOTHERMIA, FROSTBITE.

REPORTER: AS THE WEATHER BEGINS TO COOL FOR THE SEASON, THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO DONATE IN OUR WBAL-TV MOBILE APP.

AND IT'S A PROCESS THAT TRANSLATES TO WARMTH DEEPER THAN ANY COAT COULD BRING >> I'VE BEEN HERE LAST YEAR AND WANT TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR.

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