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THE CHILDREN WE SERVE

Operation Warm works to ensure that coats and shoes go to the kids that need them the most. To do that, we partner with compassionate individuals, community organizations, and corporations across North America to help find and connect them to beneficiaries in their local communities.

Our beneficary organizations are nonprofits and 501(c)(3) organizations that support children and families in need like Head Starts or Title1 schools where 40% or more of their students’ families are at or below 150% of the federally prescribed poverty level, or human service organizations like homeless shelters, community libraries, or foster care agencies.

What Is The Wish List?

Our online Wish List allows organizations that serve children in need to sign-up on our website to receive coats or shoes. When funding is made available in that area, we fulfill as many of those requests as we can. In 2021, Operation Warm received over 489,000 requests for coats or shoes from children in need across the U.S. and Canada.