Winter coats, new shoes given to hundreds of kids in Brockton, Massachusetts [Video]

HERE’S NEWSCENTER FIVE’S MATT REED. THANK YOU. A LATE CHRISTMAS PRESENT IN BROCKTON THIS MORNING. YOU LIKE THE JACKET? ARE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 500 BRAND NEW COATS DELIVERED TO HEAD START BROCKTON TO MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD HERE STAYS WARM THIS WINTER. WE SERVE 100% OF PEOPLE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL, AND SOME OF THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, COME TO, TO SCHOOL AND THEY LOSE THEIR COATS AND THEY MIGHT COME, YOU KNOW, UNDERDRESSED WITH A SWEATER OR SOMETHING. SO IT’S GREAT TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS ALL THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CLAY, SUBARU AND THE NATIONAL NONPROFIT OPERATION WARM. FOR A LOT OF KIDS, IT IS PART OF WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION TO GO TO SCHOOL OR TO STAY HOME, TO GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY, OR TO STAY INSIDE. THEY WERE SO EXCITED. AND THE KIDS ARE SO FUN AND THEY …