Thank you once again for our wonderful gift of backpacks. The children who received them are in a very challenging inner-city neighborhood in Santa Ana, CA. The area is low income, immigrants, delayed academic levels and surrounded by gang activity. The teachers at the school took time to find children who really needed the backpack …

Thanks to all those who contributed some items to go into the TW GOT YOUR BACK campaign. We assembled 24 backpacks to be donated to a local shelter that serves homeless teens and young adults. The backpacks, filled with practical supplies, will be very helpful for young people who are trying to get a job …

We are very thankful for the grant received from the Garden and chose to donate healthy food snacks to The Women & Children’s Shelter in Barrie. The shelter, committed to ending the cycle of violence, provides a safe refuge with 27 beds and emergency support services for women and their children experiencing abuse. We enjoyed …

We stuffed 24 backpacks for distribution. The food bank folks were very happy to receive these as there is great need for the young families in our community. We will also be providing school snacks. The backpack initiative was a great project for our ecclesia here in Picton. We had as many involved as we …

With our Father’s blessing, The Moorestown Ecclesia successfully filled 48 Garden backpacks with school supplies and donated them to a local social service organization. Sisters, friends and Sunday School students created an assembly line and the task was completed with enthusiasm. We even had extra supplies (which were needed) to donate to the organization. We …

We had another successful Kits4Kids project in Meriden. As usual, it was an ecclesia-wide effort again this year. Once again, the packs went to the Chapel Street Elementary School in Stratford, CT, where Bro. Jason Cicero is Asst. Principal.

Thank you so much for the backpacks [provided] to the LA ecclesia! We donated them to a local charity called Project Hope Alliance that serves over 400 housing-insecure kids in Orange County. We often donate to them for other events, so they are very appreciative of our continued support of their efforts. Each backpack contained: …

We have been participating in “Kits4Kids” for a few years.  It is a wonderful program that encourages us to give to our local communities. We found that we had a healthy interest from our ecclesial members in this backpack endeavour. This program allows for participation in many different ways such as donating funds, helping buy …

I have been volunteering with Atlantic Outreach Group (a local food bank) for about two years now. Back at the beginning of the summer, I had noticed a higher demand for their emergency food kits (small bags of nonperishable items meant to last for 2 days of meals). When I heard about the Garden Outreach …

We assembled backpacks to be donated to a local shelter that serves homeless teens and young adults. Each backpack included assorted personal items such as kleenex, hand sanitizer, chapstick, etc., as well as the items provided by The Garden Outreach, including a Bible and a postcard with a word of encouragement. The woman who accepted …