Backpack Collection

Backpack Collection

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Z95.1 is collecting gently used backpacks for the First Presbyterian Church Charlottesville’s adult soup kitchen guests.  Please help these area residents as they try to improve their lives.  If you have a backpack that your middle schooler or high schooler is no longer using and will be replacing for the next school year, please bring it to our Rose Hill Drive studios, and the church will distribute them to adults in need.  Bring them by Friday, August 25th.

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