Operation Warm Gives Coats to 400 Students

Brand new coats were fitted on about 400 students at Townsend Elementary School in the Mid-Del School District.

Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Philanthropy

Photograph of a neat stack of new navy and charcoal winter coats on a wooden bench, with a brick school building softly blurred behind them. — Operation Warm gave brand new coats to about 400 students at Townsend Elementary School in the Mid-Del School District on Wednesday morning. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Operation Warm gave brand new coats to about 400 students at Townsend Elementary School on a Wednesday morning. The coat distribution was run in part by FedEx and also included socks and shoes.

Why it matters

Cold weather can keep students from attending school when they have no other means of transportation, and a warm coat helps students get to class during colder months. The event gives Oklahoma City-area families a practical way to keep children warm and in class.

Operation Warm has distributed coats to about 400 students at a single school, and is planning roughly 40 similar trips across North and South America. This is the organizer's fourth event in the last two years, and the exact cost of the program was not disclosed.

The players

Operation Warm

Operation Warm is a nonprofit organization that provides winter coats, socks and shoes to children in need.

FedEx

FedEx is a global shipping and logistics company that helps run the program's distribution efforts.

Mid-Del School District

Mid-Del School District is the public school district that serves Townsend Elementary School in the Oklahoma City metro area.

The details

Students at Townsend Elementary School were fitted for brand new coats in the Oklahoma City metro area. Operation Warm also provides socks and shoes, and the program is run in part by FedEx.

November 4, 2026: Coats distributed to about 400 students at Townsend Elementary School.

Philanthropy Context

Corporate partners such as FedEx have increasingly joined nonprofit school clothing drives to supply winter gear to students in districts like Mid-Del. This Oklahoma City event extends that pattern of combining logistics support with direct student outreach.

Families in the Mid-Del School District can see their children receive warm coats for the colder months. Parents with students at schools in the Oklahoma City metro may want to watch for similar drives later in the season.

The takeaway

Warm coats can help keep students in class during cold weather, and local drives like this one show how schools and partners can meet a basic need. Families who need winter clothing can contact their child's school to ask about available programs.