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PORTLAND, ME – Ruth’s Reusable Resources (3R), a non-profit organization that provides students with much-needed school supplies by transferring surplus business supplies and merchandise to disadvantaged classrooms, announced it has received a $10,000grant from Staples Foundation for Learning (SFFL), a private foundation created by Staples, Inc. Funding from SFFL will support Supplies for School Children, a program which provides basic tools for learning to more than 50,000 disadvantaged youth throughout Portland.
| Backpack Drive 2010 | |
This year Ruth's Reusable Resources teamed up with Channel 13 for a "Stuff the Bus" school supplies drive. Items collected help fill the 1750 backpacks that were needed to help send children around the state back to school with "new" supplies and smiles on their faces. We would like to thank the following companies and all that helped make this a successful annual event: * UNUM & their fabulous employees for collecting, sorting, counting, labeling and stuff the backpacks.
* WGME-Channel 13 & Erin Ovalle for their constant support and help in broadcasting to the community to get involved!
* Office Depot for their donation of backpacks
* Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Maine for collecting school supplies
* Clever Crazes for Kids for providing us with backpacks
* IDEXX for their financial donation to purchase supplies
* Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) for backpacks
* O'Connor GMC for providing the bus for this campaign
* Gilbert & Assoc. for their donation of backpacks
We alll remember our first day of school and how nice it was that everything was new and now our backpack recipients will too! From all of us here at 3R's, thank you for your help in making the difference in the life of a child and in your community. |
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