Campout successfully raises funds, presents 1,100 winter coats for Newport children

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The Delaware Kids Fund presented more than a thousand coats to Newport-area children earlier this week.

Funds for the coats were raised from the Operation Warm Newport campout as two dozen participants braved the late fall weather. 

A campground was set up in the heart of Newport from Nov. 16-18 in an effort aimed at raising funds for the purchase of 1,100 brand new coats for the 1,100 elementary school children in Newport.  Seventy-one percent or 1,100  children live at or below the poverty line.

Coats were presented to students at Richey Elementary School. Click here to make an online donation to the fund.