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Firefighters Hand Out New Winter Coats To Students

WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) - Firefighters in Westminster are coming together for kids in need.

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Crews on Monday handed out some brand new winter coats to children.

The firefighters set up shop at Skyline Vista Elementary School after raising almost $4,000 to purchase the coats with the help of the nonprofit Operation Warm.

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Fourth Grader Jaiden Shane was among the students who were happy to have them.

"I was so excited because they called me down to the office and I thought I was getting a coat because it was freezing (outside)," Shane said. "I just wanted to say thank you for giving me this coat."

LINK: operationwarm.org

Nearly 100 children from the school are now wearing new coats.

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