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July 31, 20191,000 Backpacks Donated to Children in Need
CAP COM Federal Credit Union’s charitable giving arm, the CAP COM Cares Foundation has once again completed its annual backpack program. Each year the Foundation aims to deliver backpacks filled with school supplies to local children in need. This year the program has delivered 1,020 backpacks, which have been be donated to 26 organizations and schools in the Capital Region community.
New backpacks were filled with school supplies including notebooks, folders, pencils, crayons, rulers, glue sticks and more. 58 CAP COM employees volunteered their time to assemble, pack and deliver the backpacks over a week’s time. Backpacks were delivered the week of July 22nd – 26th, to youth at the following organizations: Capital District YMCA, Centro Civico, CEO, Equinox Youth Shelter, Franklin Community Center, Girls Inc. of the Greater Capital District, Joseph’s House, Marillac Family Shelter, Shelters of Saratoga, St. Catherine’s Center for Children, St. Paul’s Center, Geyser Elementary, Abram Lansing, Harmony Hill, Heatly Elementary, LaSalle School, Menands School, Orenda Elementary, Rensselaer Park, Rensselaer County Department for Youth, School 14, School 16, School 18, Turnpike Elementary, Van Schaick School and Watervliet Elementary.
“We believe it doesn’t take much, but it does take us all. With the help of our volunteers we were able to supply hundreds of backpacks to local children”, stated Paige Rueckert, Community & Youth Advocate at CAP COM. “These children are our future and we hope that through this program we empower them to embrace education and learning all year long.”
