School supply delivery day!

LESA associate Mark Rogers unloads backpacks in Howell today.

by Linda Theil

Livingston Educational Service Association associate Mark Rogers said, "We appreciate you!" as he unloaded a dozen, supply-filled backpacks we delivered in Howell today for the LESA "Backpacks for Kids" program.

LESA is accepting donations of backpacks and school supplies through July 31, 2025 for free distribution to students in school districts throughout Livingston County on August 7, 2025. For more information about LESA's Backpacks for Kids" program visit the LESA website at https://www.livingstonesa.org/community-resources/backpacks-kids.

We spent Saturday at Alisa's house filling backpacks with all the great supplies kids need to go back to school.

We filled handmade pencil pouches with pens, pencils, scissors, erasers, and a pencil sharpener. For more information on how we made the pencil pouches visit our AppletonDance blog post titled "Fast Archie".

We did it!

Delivery day at LESA in Howell today!

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Anonymous said…

What a great family you have. Love all of you. Janet

7/06/2025

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