Family Service Kicks Off Operation Fill-A-Backpack Drive

Mt. Holly, NJ, July 25, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Every child deserves a great first day of school. Unfortunately, many parents of children in Family Service programs simply cannot afford new backpacks & basic school supplies for the upcoming school year.

Family Service invites the community to “Fill-A-Backpack” for a child or teen in need of support. The Operation Fill-A-Backpack drive will run August 1-31. A new backpack and school supplies will give a child hope and the confidence needed to start the school year off on the right foot.

Operation Fill-A-Backpack donation ideas include:

Backpacks & Lunchboxes

Spiral bound & composition notebooks

Pens, pencils, erasers, pencil cases

Calculators (solar & scientific)

Crayons, markers, highlighters

Protractors, rulers

Three-ring binders w/paper

Index cards

Pocket folders

Scissors, glue sticks

Book covers

Facial tissues, anti-bact. hand sanitizer

This is also a great opportunity to involve family members, friends or co-workers. Family Service will provide all the materials needed to run drives from any location.

Drop off donations, August 1 through August 31, at one of the following locations:

- Family Service, 770 Woodlane Rd., Suite 23, Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
- Starbucks- Moorestown, Mt. Laurel & Delran
- Autolenders- Egg Harbor Twp., Voorhees, Williamstown, Winslow, Lakewood & Toms River, NJ
- Moorestown Mall- Customer Service Center, Moorestown, NJ

Family Service depends on support from individuals, corporations and community groups to ensure the Operation Fill-A-Backpack drive is a success. The agency is excited to work with several new partners on this year's drive including Moorestown Mall. Lisa Wolstromer, senior marketing director at Moorestown Mall says, "Moorestown Mall is proud to support Family Service and their charitable endeavor to provide disadvantaged youth with back-to-school essentials."

To make a monetary donation, visit our website, www.fam-serv.org, or mail to Family Service, Attn: Development Office, 770 Woodlane Rd., Mt. Holly, NJ 08060. Please make checks payable to ‘Family Service’. For more information contact Gabrielle Rodriguez at 609.267.5928 or gabrieller@famserv.org.

Family Service, a private non-profit community agency, serves the behavioral health and wellness needs of children, individuals and families in southern and central New Jersey.

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