PHOTO GALLERY: Warm Up Columbia provides warm items to those in need

October 20, 2012 | 4:21 p.m. CDT

The eighth annual Warm Up Columbia event organized by the Voluntary Action Center provided warm items to low-income families, the elderly and disabled individuals.

People come to get free warm items at the Warm Up Columbia event Saturday at the Armory Sports & Recreation Center. Warm Up Columbia provided coats and blankets and other items to low-income families, the elderly and disabled individuals. | Yi-Chin Lee

Jenni Bilderback, 4, checks out books at the Warm Up Columbia event Saturday while her mother shops for clothes at the Armory Sports & Recreation Center. | Yi-Chin Lee

A customer at the Warm Up Columbia event holds a plastic bag of warm items that she gathered from the donated items Saturday at the Armory Sports & Recreation Center. | Yi-Chin Lee

Heather Bilderback tries a coat on at the Warm Up Columbia event coordinated by the Volunteer Action Center on Saturday at the Armory Sports & Recreation Center. | Yi-Chin Lee