Operation Warm, a national nonprofit organization is hoping to donate 100,000 pairs of athletic shoes to Chicago's youth.
Glenn Garlick adjusts the foot of Ayden, 8, as he measures his shoe size to receive free athletic shoes during the Summer Kicks shoe gifting event at Fosco Park Fieldhouse on the Near West Side on July 9, 2021. This is a partnership between the Chicago Housing Authority and Operation Warm, sponsored by The MolinaCares Accord.
Grace Sica, executive director of Operation Warm, said the goal for the nonprofit is to donate 600,000 coats to children in need and 100,000 pairs of athletic shoes.Operation Warm does not provide coats directly to families but will be taking donations online until Sept. 15. “I think that everyone is experiencing inflation but for low-income families with school-aged children, it presents a lot of tough choices such as ‘Do you pay the electric bill or buy a new coat?’” Sica said. “Our hope is that we can alleviate with our community and with our supporters one of those concerns.”
“We do our huge event at the end of October,” Lalley said. “This year it will be on Oct. 22 where 5,000 coats will be given to children in one day.”
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