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FedEx gifts more than 200 coats to Milwaukee students

Students at Albert E. Kagel School received a free winter coat from FedEx and Operation Warm right in time for the cold temperatures

FedEx gifts more than 200 coats to Milwaukee students

Students at Albert E. Kagel School received a free winter coat from FedEx and Operation Warm right in time for the cold temperatures

A SPECIAL DELIVERY ARRIVED FOR MILWAUKEE STUDENTS THIS MORNING. FEDEX GIFTED MORE THAN 200 WINTER COATS TO STUDENTS IN NEED. 12 NEWS MADISON MOORE TAKES US TO ALBERT HIGH SCHOOL IN THE WALKER’S POINT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE HEARTWARMING DELIVERY. BECKY WILL HELP YOU PICK OUT A COAT ONE BY ONE THURSDAY. STUDENTS AT ALBERT E KEGEL SCHOOL IN MILWAUKEE RECEIVED A HAND DELIVERED PACKAGE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? GET YOUR ARMS THROUGH. I THINK THAT ONE FITS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB. BUT CAN I GET A HIGH FIVE EACH? STUDENT FITTED FOR A BRAND NEW WINTER COAT GIFTED BY FEDEX AND NATIONAL NON PROFIT OPERATION WARM. WHY DID YOU PICK THAT COAT? THIS IS HOW. BLUE AND PURPLE AND PINK. I PICKED THIS ONE BECAUSE MY FAVORITE COLOR IS BLUE AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD FIT THE BEST. FEDEX SAYS THE SCHOOL WAS CHOSEN BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH 100%. THE MORE THAN 200 WINTER COATS ARRIVED JUST IN TIME FOR THE WINTER MONTHS. AS A PRINCIPAL, WE REALLY WANTED MY HEART JUST TO SEE THE SMILES ON THE KIDS EVERY TIME THEY GET A THEY’RE GETTING A NEW JACKET FOR THEM. IT’S JUST JUST HAPPINESS. AND ONCE THE STUDENTS ARE FITTED FOR THEIR COATS, THE GIVING CONTINUES. EACH STUDENT SENT HOME WITH A FULL BACKPACK FULL OF FOOD FOR THE WEEKEND. HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM A COAT AND FOOD? OH, IT FEELS WONDERFUL. AND THEIR SMILES ARE JUST FANTASTIC. OH, THEY MELT MY HEART. THEY’RE JUST SO SWEET. AND THE FACT THAT WE’RE GIVING THEM FOOD FOR THE WEEKEND JUST MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD. FILLING THEIR BELLIES AND KEEPING THEM WARM. A GIFT THE STUDENTS ARE ALREADY PUTTING TO GOOD USE IN MILWAUKEE, MADISON, MOORE, WISN 12 NEWS. THEY MELT OUR HEARTS TO FEDEX AND OPERATION WARM. HA
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FedEx gifts more than 200 coats to Milwaukee students

Students at Albert E. Kagel School received a free winter coat from FedEx and Operation Warm right in time for the cold temperatures

FedEx made a special delivery to Milwaukee students Thursday morning. The company gifted more than 200 new winter coats to students at Albert E. Kagel School in the Walker's Point neighborhood. FedEx's Drive Forward, Give Back campaign has partnered with Operation Warm, a national non-profit organization since 2008, to provide kids in need with warm coats and shoes. Operation Warm manufactures the items and FedEx hand-delivers them to schools across the United States and Canada. About a dozen FedEx employees from the greater Milwaukee area volunteered Thursday to help students at Kagel School find the perfect coat. The kids were then given a bag full of food to take home for the weekend through Blessings in a Backpack. "They melt my heart," FedEx employee Lynn Scharf said. "They're just so sweet, and the fact that we're giving them food for the weekend just makes me feel so good." A spokesperson for FedEx says schools are picked based on their need, measured in part by the percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced lunch. According to MPS records, 100% of students at Kagel School qualify. "As a principal, it really warms my heart just to see the smiles on the kids every time they get a new jacket. It's just happiness," principal Juan Mejia said Thursday. Hours after receiving the coats, students were already putting them to use as they embraced the cold temperatures on the playground. Throughout the 15-year partnership, FedEx and Operation Warm have provided more than one million new jackets to kids in need across the U.S. and Canada.

FedEx made a special delivery to Milwaukee students Thursday morning.

The company gifted more than 200 new winter coats to students at Albert E. Kagel School in the Walker's Point neighborhood.

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FedEx's Drive Forward, Give Back campaign has partnered with Operation Warm, a national non-profit organization since 2008, to provide kids in need with warm coats and shoes.

Operation Warm manufactures the items and FedEx hand-delivers them to schools across the United States and Canada.

About a dozen FedEx employees from the greater Milwaukee area volunteered Thursday to help students at Kagel School find the perfect coat. The kids were then given a bag full of food to take home for the weekend through Blessings in a Backpack.

"They melt my heart," FedEx employee Lynn Scharf said. "They're just so sweet, and the fact that we're giving them food for the weekend just makes me feel so good."

A spokesperson for FedEx says schools are picked based on their need, measured in part by the percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced lunch. According to MPS records, 100% of students at Kagel School qualify.

"As a principal, it really warms my heart just to see the smiles on the kids every time they get a new jacket. It's just happiness," principal Juan Mejia said Thursday.

Hours after receiving the coats, students were already putting them to use as they embraced the cold temperatures on the playground.

Throughout the 15-year partnership, FedEx and Operation Warm have provided more than one million new jackets to kids in need across the U.S. and Canada.