POMEROY — Again this year State Rep. Debbie Phillips is pairing up with non-profit organizations to provide backpacks filled with basic school supplies for local students as part of the 10th Annual National Backpack Program.
As a part of that program, sponsored by the Office Depot Foundation and the National Foundation for Women Legislators, she will be traveling across the district to food pantries, churches, and community centers to distribute backpacks filled with school supplies.
She will be at the Meigs Cooperative Parish in the Mulberry Community Center in Pomeroy at 1 p.m. on Aug. 24.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to work again this year with both the Office Depot Foundation and the National Foundation for Women Legislators to help children in southeastern Ohio,” said Phillips. “Many families in our region are facing real challenges as the result of the national recession. These efforts can help relieve some of the expenses of back to school time for our families and keep our students focused on learning. I hope these backpacks will provide our students with the implements they need to prepare themselves for a new school year and new educational opportunities.”
Phillips has scheduled events across the four counties of Ohio’s 92nd House District, Athens, Meigs, Morgan and Washington counties. She will begin at the Kilver Community Center in Stewart on Aug. 11 and end with Pomeroy’s site on Aug. 24. There will also be visits to the Western Washington County Food Pantry at Vincent on Aug. 12, The Manna Harvest Food Pantry in Malta on Aug. 13, the Bishopville Church of Christ in Glouster on Aug. 14, the Lottridge Friends and Neighbors Community Food Center in Coolville on Aug. 18, the Belpre Area Ministries in Belpre on Aug. 20, and the Albany Baptist Church in Albany on Aug. 24.
Read more: Pomeroy Daily Sentinel – Backpack program coming to Meigs Co Aug 24
