Gwen Schneider expects to have a record number of backpacks available for needy families this year, but she says The Backpack Project is going to need help to do that. “It costs a lot to buy the backpacks and other items,” said Schneider, who along with Ann Schinski coordinates the project, which will be giving [...]
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Hoping to lend a helping hand
For those who know a teacher, it might not be shocking news. But for one man, news that teachers spend money from their own pockets to buy school supplies for their classrooms was so shocking he decided to do something about it. The man perhaps more widely known for restoring an aging monument to World [...]
Backpack Project turns five
For the fifth year in a row, a local woman has led a group effort to help supply children in need with back-to-school supplies with what has become known as “the Backpack Project.” Five years ago Ann Schinski had an idea inspired by a concern and did something about it. Many hands come together each [...]
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