Operation Warm coat giveaway at local schools warms bodies and hearts

By , Daily Memphian Updated: November 09, 2018 12:11 PM CT | Published: November 08, 2018 5:35 PM CT
<strong>Hawkins Mill Elementary student Jermarcus Robinson stretches out to see how his new coat fits on Thursday, Nov. 8. Memphis-based FedEx and the national nonprofit Operation Warm distributed more than 700 winter coats this week at Hawkins Mill and Hamilton elementary schools. </strong>(Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Hawkins Mill Elementary student Jermarcus Robinson stretches out to see how his new coat fits on Thursday, Nov. 8. Memphis-based FedEx and the national nonprofit Operation Warm distributed more than 700 winter coats this week at Hawkins Mill and Hamilton elementary schools. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

FedEx volunteers and the national nonprofit Operation Warm blanketed two Memphis-area schools with TLC this week, distributing more than 700 winter coats at Hawkins Mill and Hamilton elementary schools.

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Wayne Risher

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Business news reporter, 43-year veteran of print journalism, 35-year resident of Memphis, University of Georgia alumnus and proud father and spouse of University of Memphis graduates.


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