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PATROL THE DEVESTATED
COMMUNITITES.
WINTER IS FAST APPROACHING AND
THE TEMPERATURES WILL SOON DROP
AGAIN. 22NEWS REPORTER SHANNON
HALLIGAN EXPLAINS HOW HUNDREDS
OF FAMILIES IN SPRINGFIELD WERE
ABLE TO GET A NEW COAT TODAY.
COLORFUL COATS FOR THE ROWS AND
ROWS OF FAMILIES WHO NEED THEM.
CHILDRENS' FACES LIT UP SATURDAY
SPRINGFIELD WHEN THEY PICKED OUT
THE PERFECT WINTER COAT. IT WAS
ALL PART OF THE COATS FOR KIDS
DRIVE WHERE MORE THAN 1,000
COATS WERE GIVEN TO FAMILIES WHO
WERE VERY GRATEFUL.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND I'M NOT
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS HELP
THAT I'M GETTING TODAY.
IT'S JUST A SIGN OF THE TIMES
THAT THINGS ARE STILL DIFFICULT
AND YOU CAN SEE BY HOW LONG THE
LINE IS THAT MANY FAMILIES ARE
IN NEED OF SOME HELP. THIS YEAR
THE SALVATION ARMY GAVE OUT
FAMILIES THAN LAST YEAR.
PEOPLE ARE IN NEED, TIMES ARE
TOUGH AND WHEN YOU OFFER THEM
SOMETHING LIKE WINTER COATS FOR
THE WHOLE FAMILY IT MEANS A LOT.
IT MEANS A LOT FOR VOLUNTEERS
WHO COME HERE AND GIVE UP THEIR
EXPERIENCE. FAMILIES DID HAVE TO
WAIT IN THE LONG LINE AND
REGISTER..
I CAME AT 9, THEY DIDN'T EVEN
OPEN THE DOORS UNTIL 10 BUT IT
ONLY TOOK AN HOUR TO COME
THROUGH THE LINE WHICH WAS GOOD
BUT IF I HAD WAITED, THE LINE IS
GLAD I GOT HERE AT 9. ALTHOUGH
WHAT WAS EVEN HARDER WAS WHICH
COAT TO CHOOSE. IN SPRINGFIELD,