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Write-Start Backpack Project Looking For Donors
2,000 Low-Income Students To Get School Supplies
POSTED: 4:53 pm PDT August 11,
2008
UPDATED: 4:57 pm PDT August 11,
2008
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- The Santa Cruz County Office of Education's annual Write-Start Backpack Project is in full swing.County officials want to get backpacks filled with school supplies to 2,000 low-income students in Santa Cruz County.Costco will donate 1,500 new backpacks and fill each one with a notebook, but the program needs support to meet its goals.
"We still need clothing and shoes," said JoAnn Ellen with the County Office of Education. "Usually we like gift certificates or vouchers from Payless or Ross or places like that. The other need for students is calculators."People who want to help can make a donation at the Santa Cruz County Office of Education on Encinal Street in Santa Cruz.
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