Hundreds of winter jackets handed out to Edmonton elementary school students

Hundreds of simple schoolhouse students are getting geared up for winter.

In concern with Operation Warm, RedEx Cares volunteers handed retired 270 marque caller coats to kids astatine Calder School.

“Our students person been fixed the top gift,” main Sergio Teixeira said.

“For galore of them it’s the archetypal caller overgarment they’ve had, and conscionable the excitement that they’ve chosen it – they’re conscionable truthful arrogant of their caller jacket.”

The kids were greeted astatine the doors to the school’s gym, past taken implicit to tables to prime a wintertime jacket.

“We similar to prime schools that we cognize determination are communities wherever there’s little fortunate families oregon kids that are successful need,” FedEx Edmonton elder manager Luciano Ianni said.

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“Just seeing their smiles connected their faces airy up a room, that’s what keeps america going.”

Calder is 1 of 8 schools crossed Canada benefitting from the inaugural this year.

Since 2016, much than 1.4 cardinal coats person been delivered to children.

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