Backpacks for Immigrant Youth

Over the summer members of our congregation generously donated backpacks for immigrant youth in the Urbana Middle and High Schools. Our RE youth then helped by stuffing them with toiletries, a towel, bus tokens, a guide to community services, a blanket, and a gift certificate for clothes and shoes. They also enclosed a personal note or drawing welcoming the students to our community. The backpacks were delivered to Lucia Maldonado, liaison to Unit 116. We have more backpacks for another round as needed. Funding by the Social Action Committee.