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Baltimore native donates 400+ coats to students at Walter P. Carter Elementary Middle

Posted at 5:47 PM, Dec 19, 2019
and last updated 2019-12-19 18:33:45-05

BALTIMORE — A professional basketball player from Baltimore made a huge donation to youth Thursday.

Antonio Barton, the brother of Denver Nuggets player Will Barton surprised a group of children at Walter P. Carter Elementary Middle School with a message from his brother.

Barton told the students during one of today's holiday assemblies, that he would be donating a brand new Under Armour winter coats to each of them.

"My brother wanted to give back to the community in any way he could," said Antonio Barton.

More than 400 coats were handed out after the assembly. Barton couldn't be there because of in-season obligations.