High Water Women Holding Backpack Drive In Stamford

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – High Water Women, a leading philanthropic organization focused on financial literacy and microfinance, completed its 11th annual Backpack Drive, delivering a record 18,383 fully-supplied backpacks to tri-state area children in need.

There will be two backpack drives taking place in Bridgeport and Stamford before the school year begins.
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Nicole Briggs

08/14/2015 4:00 a.m.

The drive was the culmination of a fundraising effort that started in April and raised more than $350,000, allowing volunteers to assemble more backpacks than last year. More than 350 financial services industry volunteers will participate in this year’s drive.

A drive is taking place in Bridgeport at the Gary Crooks Community Center on Saturday, Aug. 15 at 9 a.m. and the Waterside School in Stamford Friday, Aug. 21 and Saturday, Aug. 22. Volunteers are needed to assemble backpacks for children in need in Bridgeport and Stamford.

There are two opportunities to serve in Stamford:

Aug. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (assembly line setup)
Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (backpack assembly)

“Thanks to some very generous donations and the expanded participation of many corporate groups, we’ve been able to meet our goal. Everyone involved, donors and volunteers should know that because of their support over 18,000 children in need will now be able to start school ready to learn,” said Janice Abert, HWW board of directors and chairman of the Backpack Drive and managing partner at Abert Associates.

More than 40 participating nonprofits and schools placed orders for the packs, with kindergarten, elementary and middle/high schools all receiving different supplies.

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