Colleges & Universities

Operation Warm initiated a college and university community service program that is easy to implement on your campus. It is designed to amplify the objectives of Operation Warm of helping children in need by providing them with new winter coats.

The University of Pennsylvania

Members of Penn’s Panhellenic and MultiCultural Greek sororities raised funds by having bake sales, soliciting friends, parents and fellow students and raised over $4,500. That allowed the group to provide new coats to over 300 students at the nearby Alexander Wilson School, a public elementary school about a half mile from the campus. Read More

Villanova University

At Villanova University, in Villanova, Pennsylvania students in the Nursing Senate and the National Honor Society raised over $2,500 and selected the Jay Cooke Elementary School in nearby Philadelphia, where they distributed coats to over 150 children.Read More

University of the District of Columbia

It was a bitterly cold day and snow was in the air when UDC’s caravan of coats drove up, first to Ferebee Hope and then to the Plummer Elementary schools, in southeast DC.Read More

Clarion University

Clarion University, located in the picturesque hills of Western Pennsylvania, was founded in 1867. Today Clarion University enrolls 6,700 students from 45 states and 31 countries. Clarion offers degree programs at the Associate, Bachelors and Master’s levels. Read More

Henry Ford Community College

The Alpha Xi Mu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan, started a coat program last fall. HFCC was founded in 1938 and offers Associate Degrees in a wide range of disciplines, over 14,000 students attend the college.Read More