Keystone Oaks Students Can Get Free Backpacks, School Supplies

DORMONT, PA - Any parents of school-age children realize that it isn’t cheap to provide the kids with a new backpack and the supplies they need for the coming school year. So does the South Hills Interfaith Movement, which will be providing free backpacks and supplies to students in Baldwin-Whitehall and other South Hills school districts.

The organization has 700 new JanSport backpacks donated by CentiMark Corporation, a Canonsburg roof repair and replacement company, and is soliciting donations to fill them before they are given away. Among the supplies needed are new binders, pocket folders, colored pencils, pens and combination locks.

South Hills Interfaith movement will accept donations through Aug. 7 and will distribute the backpacks at three upcoming back-to-school celebrations. All K-12 students are eligible, regardless of income level, if they live in the following districts: Baldwin-Whitehall, Bethel Park, Keystone Oaks, Mt. Lebanon and Upper St.
Clair.

Reservations for the back-to-school events can be obtained by contacting Molly Patterson at mpatterson@shimcares.org. The celebrations will occur:

• Aug 14 from 1-4 p.m. at Baldwin United Presbyterian Church, 201 Knoedler Road, Baldwin

• Aug. 17 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Prospect Park Family Center, 1450 Maple Drive, Whitehall

• Aug. 18 from 10 a.m.-2 pm. at Bethel Park Community Center, 5151 Park Ave., Bethel Park

Photo by Morgan via Creative Commons.