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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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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Children receive winter coats through “Operation Warm”

22NEWS.

A DONATION OF HUNDREDS OF COATS WILL BE KEEPING MASSACHUSETTS CHILDREN WARM THIS WINTER.

FIREFIGHTERS HANDED OUT COATS TO KIDS IN SPRINGFIELD THIS MORNING AS PART OF "OPERATION WARM".

THE PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND COLUMBIA GAS FORMED A PARTNERSHIP TO DONATE SOME 600 COATS TO KIDS ACROSS THE STATE AS PART OF THE INITIATIVE.

OPERATION WARM HELPS PROMOTE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AS WELL AS WARM OUR CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING WARM, IT'S NOT ONLY JUST THE PHYSICAL OF STAYING WARM, BUT IT'S A SEANSE OF ELONGING AND BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

MORE THAN 200 FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE PARTNERED WITH OPERATION WARM, DONATING MORE THAN 140 THOUSAND COATS FOR KIDS NATIONWIDE.

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