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Interested in helping underpriviledged students in an easy (and free!) way?

brittndave Posted:

Interested in helping underpriviledged students in an easy (and free!) way?

Hi Everyone!

I'm a grad student at Hofstra and one of my professors runs a project called 'Education First' (a not for profit organization for improving the quality of education for children in Liberia). Last year he collected donations so he could provide scholarships for the children so they could afford to buy the uniforms, shoes, etc. required to attend the schools there. He also designed and conducted professional development programs for teachers and supplied schools with instructional materials.

Most of the children there cannot attend school because they can't afford the things required to go and obviously cannot afford things like backpacks and notebooks. This year he's collecting backpacks to be shipped to children in grades K-6.

If you have any old backpacks laying around that you want to get rid of and are interested in donating them to this project please let me know! The shipment will be taking place around Oct 20 so we're under a bit of a time crunch! My professor will be going to Liberia around Christmas and will be able to send pictures of the children back to us so we can see how happy they are to have those simple luxuries

TIA!!!!!
toniann921 Posted:

Re: Interested in helping underpriviledged students in an easy way?

I have a few bags, but at least 1 of them has my old school name on it... is that okay??

brittndave Posted:

Re: Interested in helping underpriviledged students in an easy way?


Posted by toniann921

I have a few bags, but at least 1 of them has my old school name on it... is that okay??




yes! any bags that are in good condition (used are perfectly acceptable as long as there are no gigantic holes or anything like that) are perfect! brands, names, etc. don't matter as long as there is nothing vulgar or offensive written on them
toniann921 Posted:

Re: Interested in helping underpriviledged students in an easy (and free!) way?

Great!! Send me a FM when you get a chance as to how I can get the bags to you. I'll also ask around the office and see if anyone else has any they want to get rid of.

Bride825 Posted:

Re: Interested in helping underpriviledged students in an easy (and free!) way?

this is awesome Brittany...i def have some! i'll get back to you at the end of this weekend with how many i have
brittndave Posted:

Re: Interested in helping underpriviledged students in an easy (and free!) way?

thanks so much ladies!!!

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