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All tagged Backpack Program

Sep 14

Sep 14 Four Rivers Family and The Dalles Lions Club Prepare Backpacks for Local Kindergarteners

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Positive News

Last month, Four Rivers Family Early Learning & Parenting Hub staff members and The Dalles Lions Club members joined efforts to fill over 75 backpacks with school supplies for local children entering Kindergarten this fall.

Mar 31

Mar 31 Schreffler & Volunteers stuff a little love into D21 Backpack Program

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Education, Home Page, The Dalles, Wasco County

For a decade local volunteers have been reaching out to D21 students with offerings of food to help them during the weekend and better prepare them for school come Monday morning. It’s a well-oiled machine and one that The Dalles can point to with pride. Learn about some of the people that make it happen.