United Way program gives backpacks to Cass County students
Published 9:09 am Wednesday, August 24, 2016
- Aniya Christian, 11, of Cass County is pictured here with the new backpack and school supplies she received at the United Way of Southwest Michigan’s annual School Supply Spectacular in Cassopolis. (Submitted photo)
The United Way of Southwest Michigan has been hard at work preparing area children to head back to school.
The organization hosted a School Supply Spectacular events Saturday and Wednesday at Brookside Learning Center in Cassopolis, and will host a similar event today at Marcellus United Methodist Church in Marcellus.
People lined up to receive backpacks filled with age appropriate school supplies, which were handed out on a first-come, first-served basis to low-income families in Cass County.
The first 360 families in line for the event at Brookside Learning Center were also served food by the Feeding America Mobile Food Pantry Truck.
