Back-to-School Backpack Drive
The Back-to-School Backpack Drive is a program in which the Redeemer Community Care Team provides school backpacks filled with school supplies to children in need at local elementary schools, including Alum Creek Elementary
2022 Deadline is August 14!
Ways to Help
Please prayerfully consider helping in one or more of the following ways:
PRAY for the students, teachers, and all working in the school system.
Donate Backpacks and School Supplies
Donate supplies from a list provided by educators from partner schools. Click here for a supply list for 2022.Donate Money
Monetary donations are used to purchase supplies and additional backpacks beyond donated supplies. Click here.Volunteer
Individuals are needed to purchase supplies, sort supplies and pack backpacks. Click here to volunteer.
Ministry Focus Areas:
In 2019, more than 50 backpacks were filled and distributed to area students.
Sponsoring Team
Community Care Activities
We coordinate with local aid agencies to receive Christmas gift needs for anonymous local children whose families receive our Holiday Food Baskets.
We provide school backpacks filled with school supplies to children in need at local elementary schools, including Alum Creek Elementary
A feeding program in which we join with Alum Creek Elementary School to supply supplemental weekend food for Charleston, West Virginia area children living in food-insecure households.
We coordinate with local aid agencies such as Heart and Hand to provide food baskets to needy families during the holiday seasons — Thanksgiving and Christmas.
From time to time, needs in the community arise for which we respond to help Charleston area neighbors. These needs may be as extensive as wide-spread disaster response or as simple as minor home repairs.
Undie Sunday occurs a few Sundays per year and involves the Redeemer Community Care Team collecting and providing new children’s and adult underwear garments to local shelters in the Charleston, WV area.
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Redeemer’s members bought and donated most of the backpacks and supplies, but some money was donated for purchases and Thrivent made a $250 grant for additional purchases. Forty seven complete backpacks were assembled and delivered to the school.
The Community Care Team extends thanks to everyone who donated backpacks, school supplies, and/or money to our Backpack Collection. 60 backpacks were delivered to Alum Creek Elementary School. They were very much appreciated.
The Community Care Team extends thanks to everyone who donated backpacks, school supplies, and/or money to our Backpack Collection. Forty-six backpacks were delivered to Alum Creek Elementary School. They were very much appreciated.
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I’m from Charleston, I’m married to Jim and have three sons, Phillip, Thomas and Anthony. I worked as a rehab counselor for years until Thomas was born in 1998 and have been a stay at home mom ever since...
Thirty-two pairs of shoes (with socks) and 63 backpacks with school supplies inside were delivered to Alum Creek Elementary School!