Wondering what it takes to deliver over 2600 backpacks to 13 sites within the city and across the county?

This year, because of a much needed outpouring of contributed backpacks suitable for middle school and high school students and delivered to the HCEF office, the staff was faced with a storage problem during the week preceeding actual distribution. Happily for all of us, the Trinity Cathedral provided us with space, and volunteers not only helped take the backpacks to the Cathedral but helped on "Backpack Delivery Day" to move them up the street to the Citizens Bank building. Moved how? In laundry carts graciously loaned to us by the Omni William Penn Hotel! A story in itself.

  

It took 4 cartloads to get the backpacks here at Citizens Bank where the carts are being emptied one last time.

Gear for Grades 2009 photo story: page 2

(8/20/09)