Category: Schoolkids

DaVita donations to Edith Stark Elementary School…

An abbreviated collection drive by some amazingly ambitious and generous people afforded us the opportunity to deliver 100 backpacks filled with school supplies as well as an additional case of supplies for the teachers to Edith I. Starke Elementary School in Deland. Enough can’t be said about the Lab Customer Service team over at DaVita …

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School supply drive with DaVita…

A humble “Thank You” to DaVita for partnering up with Backpacks from the Heart to help provide school supplies for Stark Elementary School again this year. The efforts would not be possible without your amazing generosity. God Bless.

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School supply donation dropoff…

Many many thanks to Laura and her friends, Joe and his family, and Jose for coming through this past week on backpack and supply collection. Backpacks from the Heart is partnering with DaVita and will be providing donated school supplies again this year to the kids at Starke Elementary School and will be distributing backpacks …

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School supply donation dropoff…

A huge shoutout to Joe and his wife for their AWESOME donation this evening… Backpacks from the Heart will be looking to supply supplies again this year to the kids at Starke Elementary School and this is a serious headstart to accomplishing that goal…before it was even announced!!! Thank you Joe, and God Bless.

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A grand collection for multiple purposes…

The New Lab in Deland gathered their collected items this morning, as other offices are doing in other cities and states…and I have to say I am both humbled and truly amazed. The ask was for just some coloring books, crayons, and candy for the local Pediatric Cancer center so that the kids could have …

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Backpacks for the kids, fall 2017

“Phase 2” is all packed up and ready to head out… Friends were so generous this year, in addition to the increased number of backpacks for the homeless, we were also able to “adopt” a local elementary school and supply 20 students will fully loaded backpacks. As we didn’t know the exact supply list or …

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