'I'm crying a little right now' -- Every student at Forest Park Elementary to receive free coat By Thomas Lott Feb 5, 2020 Feb 5, 2020 Updated Mar 13, 2020 0 × Operation Warm donates hundreds of thousands of coats to children every year. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save KANNAPOLIS — There are 526 students at Forest Park Elementary School, and every single one of them will be getting a winter coat for free.kAm%92E :D 5F6 E@ E96 96=A @7 ~A6C2E:@? (2C>[ 2? @C82?:K2E:@? E92E 5@?2E6D 9F?5C65D @7 E9@FD2?5D @7 4@2ED E@ 49:=5C6? 24C@DD E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D 6G6CJ J62C]k^AmkAmqFE E96C6 :D D@>6E9:?8 F?:BF6 E@ :ED 5@?2E:@? E@ u@C6DE !2C<] (9:=6 ~A6C2E:@? 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