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SUMMARY:Backpack Attack
DESCRIPTION:The Wish Project of Lowell Holding Annual “Backpack Atta
 ck” to Provide 2,500 Homeless and Needy Families With School Supplie
 s\nJuly 16, 2013 -- Lowell, Mass. -- While you are out school shoppin
 g (yes it’s that time all ready), please consider buying extra suppl
 ies and backpacks for the homeless and very poor children in Merrimack
  Valley. \nNow through Sept. 1, the Wish Project of Lowell, a privat
 ely-funded home and baby goods bank, helping the needy gain independen
 ce and thrive, by procuring donations and partnering with other area 
 agencies, is holding its annual Backpack Attack. \nVolunteers are cu
 rrently collecting, stuffing and distributing backpacks to over 2,500 
 local families in need. Additionally, the Wish project also offers an 
 opportunity to sponsor a classroom - $400 provide 20 filled backpacks.
 \nAll donations, whether monetary, backpacks or supplies, can be dropp
 ed off at the Wish Project warehouse at 1A Foundry St. Lowell, MA 0185
 2.\nTo ensure contents are similar so that all children are gifted equ
 ally, donated supplies should include: spiral notebooks – 3 Folders,
  pocket style - 3 Pencils- pack of 10 Pencil sharpenerPens – 2 or mo
 re; Erasers – 1 pink style or 3 or 4 cap; Ruler 12”; Markers or Co
 lored pencils; Glue Sticks- 2 or 3; Highlighter-; Bottle of glue -1; T
 oddlers/Element. – 1 pack 24 crayons;  High School- calculators\nAb
 out The Wish Project\nThe Wish Project, located in Lowell, MA, is priv
 ately-funded organization that partners with social services agencie
 s and shelters all over the Merrimack Valley to help the area’s need
 y gain independence and escape homelessness. Each year, The Wish Proje
 ct provides more than $1 million in free goods to more than 36,000 nee
 dy people - most of whom are children. The Wish Project is located in
  a 13,000 sq ft warehouse right off 495, Lowell Connector to Plain St.
  in Foundry Industrial Park. For more information, visit the Wish Proj
 ect website (www.thewishproject.org) and Facebook page and follow us
  on Twitter (@WishProject).\nContact: Donna Hunnewell, Founder/Execut
 ive Director\nThe Wish Project \n978-441-WISH (9474)\ndonna@thewishpr
 oject.org\n\nFor more information visit https://neighborsforneighbors.
 org/events/backpack-attack
DTSTART:20130716T220000Z
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CATEGORIES:charity, event
LOCATION:the Lowell Wish Project
WEBSITE:http://www.thewishproject.org/backpackattack12.pdf
URL:http://www.thewishproject.org/backpackattack12.pdf
CONTACT:978-441-WISH (9474)
ORGANIZER:Donna Hunnewell, Founder/Executive Director
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