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Community Corner

Backpack Donation Drop-off Day at the Park

Come play at the park and teach your children about giving at the same time. Have them either donate a backpack of their own or take them shopping to let them pick one out.

In what is now our 8th consecutive year, my kids and I are once again collecting backpacks and $35 donations in order to provide fully stuffed backpacks to homeless and low-income children in Santa Cruz County.

How you can help:

1. Donate a gently used or new backpack
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2. Donate $35 to sponsor a backpack
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3. Donate left over marketing or event items for inside the backpack, including key rings, water bottles, pens, and pads of paper!

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