All smiles and warmth: Credit union donates coat to each student at Salt Lake City elementary school

Issac Avila tries on a coat, donated by Mountain America Credit Union and Operation Warm, at Newman Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, just in time for this weekend’s expected snow. All 377 students at the Title 1 school received a new coat, and an additional 123 coats will be donated to children at other local Title 1 schools. “Mountain America is pleased to gift hundreds of new coats to Utah kids this winter through our support of Operation Warm,” Sterling Nielsen, the credit union’s president and CEO, said in a prepared statement. “A new warm coat boosts self-esteem and helps kids get to school during the cold months, allowing them to succeed academically and socially.” Operation Warm is a nonprofit organization that manufactures coats for children in need. According to the organization’s website, every $20 donated provides a coat to a child in North America.

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