08/21/2026
๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐๐ฝ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ'๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป โ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป!
๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด at the Ledge Street Elementary School, where โ at 9:00 AM sharp โ we opened the gymnasium doors to welcome dozens of eager children, parents, and guardians inside. Over the next four hours, ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ select new backpacks, from kindergarteners choosing their first-ever backpack to rising seniors. On Wednesday, Thursday, and through today, we continued the distribution back at our 2 Quincy Street location.
While the final count is not yet available, ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ,๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ:
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ who purchased backpacks and supplies for us.
๐Thank you to our volunteers ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ โ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ โ who labored for days in a hot gymnasium to help us sort and organize the donations and assemble every backpack by hand.
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น for generously offering us their gymnasium to make it happen; and
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ, both those who managed the process from beginning to end and those who stepped up to lend a hand when the heavy lifting began.
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐.
