August 21, 2013
The independent, nonprofit Office Depot Foundation is donating 400 sackpacks to two Archdiocesan elementary schools as part of their National Backpack Program. This year students from Saint Francis of Assisi School in Norristown and Visitation B.V.M. School in Philadelphia will be receiving the sackpacks containing essential schools supplies at the Back-to-School Celebration.
3:30 p.m.
Office Depot Store
2400 Chemical Road
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Superintendent for Elementary Schools Jacqueline Coccia and students from each of the schools will be presented with the sackpacks at the event. The school year begins on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 for students who attend the 123 elementary schools, 17 high schools and four schools of special education of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Editor's Note: For information about Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, please visit www.catholicschools-phl.org.
More information about the National Backpack Program can be found on the Office Depot Foundation's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/officedepotfoundation. To learn more about the Office Depot Foundation and its initiatives, go to www.officedepotfoundation.org/.
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Annie Korp
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215-587-3747