Well tomorrow is the big day! The Red Sox Kid Nation Captains will be at Fenway filling and giving out 3,000 backpacks to kids going into 5th grade in Boston. Hood donated the backpacks & the captains have worked very hard to collect supplies to fill them so we can help out other kids. this is what I have managed to get donated & will be taking to Fenway tomorrow!t 1st a shout out to some special people for their help! Amy Conley & staff of Financial Engines. Andrew Weidner, Mary & Joseph Cashman, Kevin Kennedy & Family, Kevin Donaher & Family, William DiMento, Hillary Burr & staff at Wolf & Company, North Shore Young Democrats, Brendan Crighton, Sen. Tom McGee & his staff, Finagle a Bagel, Newbury Comics, Victoria Enos & employees of Sun Life Financial,LynnCam TV, Dave Riley Jr, Dave Solimine, Patty Theriault-Lopes & The Daily Item. Hood & the Red Sox are awesome for letting us do this project. Mardi Fuller & Joe Chamas in the Red Sox Office were awesome too! Thanks guys!
Now here’s the list!
552 Spiral Notebooks
3,131 Pens
3,064 Pencils
597 Binders
14 Assignment Notebooks
319 Folders
506 Highlighters
67 Sets Binder Index Tabs
26 Packages Filler paper
25 Composition Notebooks
35 Rulers
42 Binder Pouches
7 Crayons
5 Scissors
40 Glue Sticks
15 Colored Pencils
8 Staplers
9 Markers
14 Pencil Boxes
5 Calculators
and other assorted items!