Friends of Karen Launches 2011 Back-to-School Program, Childrens Charity Wants to Fill 600 Backpacks This Year
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Purdys, NY, July 15, 2011 --( Remember the great feeling of heading back to school in a new outfit, with new notebooks and pencils and a new bookbag to put them in?“These are very real situations for the families we’re caring for, and we step in to help so that they don’t have to make these impossible choices.” Friends of Karen needs gifts of new backpacks, totes and messenger bags and school supplies including marble notebooks, 2-pocket folders, pens and pencils, pencil sharpeners, pink erasers, glue sticks, washable markers, and construction paper.Friends of Karen is the only organization that provides emotional, financial and advocacy support to families of a child with cancer or another life-threatening illness, from diagnosis through treatment.To find out more about what we do, visit www.friendsofkaren.org ### Purdys, NY, July 15, 2011 --( PR.com )-- Children’s Charity Needs Help Filling 600 Backpacks This YearRemember the great feeling of heading back to school in a new outfit, with new notebooks and pencils and a new bookbag to put them in?“These are very real situations for the families we’re caring for, and we step in to help so that they don’t have to make these impossible choices.”Friends of Karen needs gifts of new backpacks, totes and messenger bags and school supplies including marble notebooks, 2-pocket folders, pens and pencils, pencil sharpeners, pink erasers, glue sticks, washable markers, and construction paper.