Brandon Burns, Moses Lake Fire Department battalion chief, checks the fit of Malikye Cook’s new coat during the Operation Warm presentation at Garden Heights Elementary Wednesday.
December 8, 2022
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Operation Warm
Firefighters help children get through winter with new coats
MOSES LAKE — it’s cold out there, and not every child has a new coat to see them through the snow, ice and 20-degree temperatures. About 100 children at four Moses Lake elementary schools now have a new coat with the help of Operation Warm. Jason Koziol, a firefighter with the Moses Lake Fire Department, said it’s a longtime project. “Operation Warm is a program that has been set up through the (firefighters union Local 1258), for basically purchasing new coats for kids in need in the community that we serve,” he said...