Sheriff's Office Joins Project to Give Winter Coats to Children of Inmates

More than 75 coats were distributed as part of Operation Warm's "Coats for Kids" project to provide coats to the children of inmates incarcerated at the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center.

This is the first year the Alexandria Sheriff's Office participated in Operation Warm's annual event providing thousands of area children with new, warm coats each fall.

The distribution took place at the Detention Center's new roll call room.

The Operation Warm project of Chadds Ford, Pa., provides new winter coats to children in need through strategic and community partnerships, with a wide variety of donors and community organizations around the country. The vision is that every child, wearing a new winter coat, will be healthy, able to attend school regularly and develop strong self-esteem.

Only children of Alexandria jail inmates participate in the Alexandria program.