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Rich LalleyPresident, Operation Warm/Service Club Partnerships [email protected] 224 305-3684
The Cold Facts About Poverty in the U.S.
• Every 33 Seconds, a child is born into poverty in the U.S.
• 13.3 million children live in poverty in the U.S.
• 18% of all U.S. children
The Needs Are Plentiful
• Shelter• Food• Clothing• Education• Employment
How We Help
Distribute
New Winter Coats
through service
agencies and
organizations like
your Rotary Club.
Why New Winter Coats?
Self Esteem
Why New Winter Coats?
Increase school attendance
Why New Winter Coats?
Limited resources can cover other necessities
Why New Winter Coats?
It’s cold outside in the winter!
Why Coats form Operation Warm?
Affordable
Why Coats form Operation Warm?
Easy to order
Why Coats form Operation Warm?
Multiple styles & colors- not a uniform
Why Coats form Operation Warm?
Created by a Rotarian- Growing through Rotary
Why Coats form Operation Warm?
Green Initiative
How Can Your Club Help?
Community Service Project
orDonation to
Operation Warm
Community Service Project
• Identify a group in need (we can help)• Establish coat goal, determine $ goal
– $20/coat to cover freight and promotion/pr
• Create fund raising plan– Reach out to community, use as
opportunity to raise awareness of Rotary and your Club!
– Apply for DSG money!– Work with Interact or Rotaract club
Community Service Project
• Order coats through www.operationwarm.org– Boxes of 6 in one size/sex/style- 3 colors,
minimum 5 boxes– 2 -3 weeks lead time– Extras provide “coat closet” for future
needs
• Plan for “Added Value” component with recipient organization– Literacy, wellness, nutrition, “pay it
forward”
Community Service Project
• We can help!– Identify partnering organizations
with need for coats– Templates for marketing and
publicity materials– Example of DSG proposal– Ordering coats
"We can wait for the buses and be warm."
"I love my coat. It is new."
"This coat is all mine. No one ever used it before."
"My Mom will be really, really, really happy that I have a warm coat."
"This is the bestest coat I have ever gotten from anyone."
“Service Above Self”
Warming the hearts of children….Give the gift of Warmth
