Back2Basics Fills Backpacks for Students

Salvation Army to give away free backpacks, school supplies at Cleveland carnival

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Families can pick up free backpacks and school supplies while enjoying games, music, food and other activities at a free community carnival this weekend in Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood.

Blessings in a Backpack bridges weekend gap for food-insecure kids

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Center for Health & Wellness in Winter Park, Florida, was crowded on the morning of July 25. It went beyond the normal traffic, folks hitting the gym or heading in for the center’s other offerings —…

Regina’s Salvation Army backpack program faces donation shortfall as 1,300 students apply

REGINA — For the past 15 years, the Salvation Army Regina Community Church has provided thousands of school supplies to children through its backpack program. Although the program has seen significant success, donations have stalled at 55 per cent of the overall fundraising target. “We’ve been really facing a decline in donations this year. I think families who are struggling to provide their own resources are backing out in terms of helping out…

Ohio parish prepares dozens of backpacks for underprivileged kids

Archangel Michael Orthodox Church in Broadview Heights (Orthodox Church in America) blessed and assembled the backpacks, which were filled with school supplies, as part of FOCUS’s Back to School Backpack Program.

Students receive backpacks for new school year

Cars were lined up in Southeast Huron well ahead of sunrise Saturday morning for an annual tradition in Huron of the community providing for the education of the children in town. By the time the volunteers had worked all of the cars through the Faith Alive Church parking lot, 1,047 backpacks had been distributed to students in the Huron area.

Cochrane Backpack Program to help local families as they return to school

Local eligible students can receive a backpack with grade-appropriate supplies through Family Resource Network program.