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400+ brand-new coats given to Cincinnati kids to keep them warm for winter

IGS Energy, Operation Warm partnership provides coats in all colors to kids of all ages

400+ brand-new coats given to Cincinnati kids to keep them warm for winter

IGS Energy, Operation Warm partnership provides coats in all colors to kids of all ages

WEBVTT >> NINE-YEAR-OLD WAS ON A MISSION. >> YOU LIKE THIS? YOU LIKE THE PURPLE? >> THAT WAS TO FIND THE PERFECT COAT IN THE PERFECT COLOR TO KEEP HER WARM THROUGHOUT THE WINTER. >> IT’S MY FAVORITE COLOR. >> THEY PROVIDED MONEY TO DONATE A BRAND-NEW COAT TO EVERY STUDENT AT ROCKDALE ACADEMY. MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS GOT TO CHOOSE WHICH ONES SUITED THEM BEST. >> YOU ARE STRONG, ARE YOU STRONG? >> IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A LAYER OF WARMTH TO KIDS WHO MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET A NEW COAT. >> A LOT OF CHILDREN WALKED TO SCHOOL. IF IT’S 20 DEGREES OUTSIDE THEY DON’T COME TO SCHOOL. >> NICE TO MEET YOU. >> FOR THE VOLUNTEERS THIS WAS MUCH MORE THAN A LESSON IN FITTING COATS. >> THE PEOPLE RECEIVING ARE VERY GRACIOUS. IT’S MORE OF WHAT THEY ARE FEELING THEN GIVING BACK. >> IT WAS ONE FINAL SENTIMENTS THE GIRLS INSISTED THEY GET ACROSS ON CAMERA. >> THANK YOU FOR DONATING COATS. >> THEY WEREN’T THE ONLY LUCKY SCHOOL THAT GOT HUNDREDS OF FREE COATS TO GIVE AWAY. FIVE OTHER SCHOOLS WERE HELPED OUT BY IGS
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400+ brand-new coats given to Cincinnati kids to keep them warm for winter

IGS Energy, Operation Warm partnership provides coats in all colors to kids of all ages

Volunteers are helping keep children warm during the holidays, one coat at a time. Kids at Rockdale Academy received brand-new coats so they can beat the cold temperatures coming our way this winter.The effort by IGS Energy, now in its sixth year, provides the money needed to donate a brand-new coat to every student at Rockdale Academy.More than 400 students got to choose which one suited them best.It's an opportunity to provide a layer of warmth to kids who may not have the means to get a new coat that fits them."In Ohio, particularly, as you guys know, a lot of children walk to school so, if it's 20 degrees outside and they don't have a coat, they don't come to school," said Kirsten Bradley, associate director of corporate partnerships at Operation Warm.For the volunteers, this was much more than a lesson in fitting coats."The people that are receiving are very gracious and, obviously, that's touching but it's more what the people are feeling that are giving back," said Jason Moore, vice president of IGS Energy.Rockdale Academy wasn't the only lucky school that had hundreds of free coats to give away. Five other schools across the country were also helped out by IGS.

Volunteers are helping keep children warm during the holidays, one coat at a time.

Kids at Rockdale Academy received brand-new coats so they can beat the cold temperatures coming our way this winter.

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The effort by IGS Energy, now in its sixth year, provides the money needed to donate a brand-new coat to every student at Rockdale Academy.

More than 400 students got to choose which one suited them best.

It's an opportunity to provide a layer of warmth to kids who may not have the means to get a new coat that fits them.

"In Ohio, particularly, as you guys know, a lot of children walk to school so, if it's 20 degrees outside and they don't have a coat, they don't come to school," said Kirsten Bradley, associate director of corporate partnerships at Operation Warm.

For the volunteers, this was much more than a lesson in fitting coats.

"The people that are receiving are very gracious and, obviously, that's touching but it's more what the people are feeling that are giving back," said Jason Moore, vice president of IGS Energy.

Rockdale Academy wasn't the only lucky school that had hundreds of free coats to give away. Five other schools across the country were also helped out by IGS.