Backpacks for Kids Project
We've teamed up with the Valley View Rotary Club to purchase school supplies and provide free backpacks for local families who need a little extra support. Together, our clubs will pack over 300 backpacks with the essentials; folders, notebooks, crayons, hand sanitizer, pencils, pens, highlighters, pencil cases and toothbrushes! 50 of our backpacks will go directly to the kids at The Good Fight.
Our club alone has raised over $1200 thanks to many of you! THANK YOU!!! If you haven't donated, there is still time if you'd like to. Any amount helps! The more money we raise, the more items we'll be able to provide in each backpack. Donate today at: rotaryafterhours.org and click "Buy a Backpack!"
Last week a few of us joined Valley View's packing event. Madeline Behringer was featured on WXOW twice! Check out the two videos in the following link. Special thanks to Dustin Luecke for helping make the story come together.
Additional press on the collaborative effort:
https://www.news8000.com/local-rotary-clubs-team-up-to-fill-backpacks-with-school-supplies-for-kids/
As soon as the backpacks arrive, an email will go out with a date/time/location and anyone who would like to join in assembling the backpacks are welcome to come!