As we get ready for the new school year with an expanding need for Backpack Buddy support in our student population, we wanted to share a few ways to help the program other than donating money.
Water bottles: we are hoping to provide free, reusable water bottles to every kid that needs one this year. Does your company have extra marketing water bottles lying around that they would be willing to donate? We have a goal of 100 water bottles, and getting 10 donations of 10 bottles would get us there. Do you have a contact at a company or local university? Let dorothykimelscott@gmail.com know!
Storage: in order to make the small storage room at school work for the growing needs of the students, we are in need of some organizational help. Do you have a clothing rack or set of counter shelves you'd be willing to donate? Let emiliemariemorgan@gmail.com know!
Clothing: we are going to have a clothing drive in the fall, so consider keeping your kids clothes (and jackets and shoes) that they've grown out of and donating to the school. We are especially hopeful for donations of larger sizes of children's clothes!
Thanks!
The Backpack Buddy Team