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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Kids get new coats just in time for winter

ON OUR CAMPAIGN.

MEG? MEGAN: TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 850 ONE COATS GOING TO 60 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR HUMIDITY.

IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, THIS IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT.

THESE GORGEOUS KIDS WHO GOT UP SO EARLY.

TRISTAN, YOU WANT A NEW COAT? YES.

MEGAN: WHAT COLOR? BLUE.

PURPLE.

MEGAN: ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO A NICE WARM COAT? WHAT COLOR DO YOU WANT? PINK.

MEGAN: HOW ABOUT YOU? GREEN? I LOVE IT.

DR.

JACKSON A SEAL FOR LIFE.

ARE THE KIDS LOOKING FOR TO IT EARLY IN THE MORNING? YOU PROBABLY KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW MUCH THIS MEANS.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS SUPER EXCITING THAT YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET A WARM COAT.

WE WORK WITH A LOT OF FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, BUT A FAMILY AND A CARRIAGE WHO CAN'T AFFORD A COAT KNOWING A CHILD GETS A COAT, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL.

MEGAN: A NEW COAT AS HE HUGE THING.

AND IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO THE CHILDREN.

THEY GO TO SCHOOL, THEY'RE EXCITED, THEY'RE WARM, AND THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES WHICH CARRIES ON TO THE CONFIDENCE OF THEIR DAY.

THAT IS SUPER AMAZING.

WE'RE SO THANKFUL FORWBAL AND WHAT YOU DO EVERY YEAR -- WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR WBAL AND WHAT YOU DO EVERY YEAR.

MEGAN: WE THINK OF COATS, IT IS SHINY AND NEW, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT.

IT GETS COLD HERE.

I THINK WE OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED HOW IMPORTANT IS TO HAVE A PROPER COAT.

LET ALONE, GETS SAY THEY DON'T NEED A COAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL THE COAT.

DR.

WOODS OR MERCY MEDICAL SEE SET ALL THE TIME.

THEY REALLY DO.

THEY DO NEED A COAT.

CHILDREN ARE GETTING COLD BUT DON'T KNOW IT BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING SO MUCH FUN PLAYING.

A WARM COAT WILL KEEP THEM WARM AND ULTIMATELY PREVENT HYPOTHERMIA.

MEGAN: WIFE IS SO IMPORTANT? -- WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? HYPOTHERMIA SETS ON QUICKLY.

IT WILL BE A TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 95 DEGREES.

THERE SOME CONDITIONS THAT CAN OCCUR WHETHER IT IS DROWSINESS, SLURRED SPEECH, SHIVERING.

IF A CHILD BECOMES HYPOTHERMIC, IT CAN LEAD TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

MEGAN: DR.

WOODS, ALWAYS A PLEASURE SPEAKING WITH YOU.

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