We work with a wide range of civic and community organizations as well as individuals, corporations, foundations and small businesses to help children in need. Learn more about how we work together.
Operation Warm provides new winter coats to children in need through strategic and community partnerships, with a wide variety of donors and community organizations around the country. Our vision is that every child, wearing a new winter coat, will be healthy, able to attend school regularly and develop strong self esteem. In just over a decade we have distributed over 600,000 new coats to children, making us one of the largest donors of new coats in the country.
Pardon our dust. We're still under construction.
Operation Warm is tackling our Website redesign in multiple phases. We are proud to announce that phase one should be completed by the end of this year, with new and expanded sections being added to follow in phase two. In the mean time, enjoy the fruits of our labor‚ we hope you like it!
Richard D. Sanford, founder of Operation Warm, in a Kennett Square warehouse with 9,000 coats; 600,000 have been distributed since 1998.
He Donates Coats to Kids, with Warmest Regards
"When I saw the excitement of the children, and their parents, it had a profound impact on me," Sanford said of his first distribution.
Learn MoreRotary Club of Mariposa, California - As another U.S. winter approaches, Rotarian Richard Sanford and his Pennsylvania-based nonprofit organization, Operation Warm, are gearing up to provide low-income children with the proper apparel to survive the bitter cold.
Learn MoreThe Beginning of Operation Warm
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