Backpacks
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Financial crunch hits home: Northeast Calgary parents flock to back-to-school giveawayRising back-to-school costs are putting pressure on families across Canada. In Calgary, the NE Calgary Moms group is pushing back—one backpack at a time.EconomySep 2, 2023
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Salvation Army fights inflation by giving 2,000 stuffed backpacks to Saskatoon studentsTables stacked with carboard boxes full of school supplies and backpacks in every colour piled high inside the Bateman Crescent Salvation Army on Monday.CanadaAug 21, 2023
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Regina organizations help kids with backpacks, school suppliesLocal organizations such as the Salvation Army and North Central Family Centre are helping kids strive for success, one backpack at a time.CanadaAug 11, 2023
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Tools for School is calling on Edmonton community for donations: ‘We are in desperate need’Tools for School by United Way delivers up to 15,000 backpacks filled with school supplies for students each year. This year, however, they say they're running short on supplies.CanadaAug 10, 2022
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Guelph Storm hold backpack collection drive for Hope HouseMore than 180 backpacks were collected for Hope House's Community Backpack Project organized by the Guelph Storm hockey club.CanadaAug 4, 2022
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Parker Street’s backpack program launches amid back-to-school inflation concernsA Halifax non-profit has launched their annual backpack program hoping to provide necessary school supplies to low- and fixed-income students amid the soaring cost of living.CanadaJul 28, 2022
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Winnipeg mom continues late daughter’s giving spirit with backpack campaignA Winnipeg mom is putting together backpacks of basic, essential supplies to hand out to people in need, in memory of her daughter, who died of an accidental fentanyl poisoning.HealthOct 26, 2021
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Backpack display in Regina in memory of unmarked graves at residential schools being donated'The best thing any of us can really be doing right now, as those who have not experienced this, is to just show our compassion, support and allyship,' an organizer said.CanadaJul 3, 2021
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Backpacks honouring unmarked graves to be displayed at Saskatchewan Legislature July 1Prairie Crowe is collecting backpacks that will be displayed at Saskatchewan Legislature on July 1, honouring those who lost their lives while attending residential schools.CanadaJun 27, 2021
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Alberta students prepare for heavier backpacks as they head back to school sans lockersOne physiotherapist said the added load isn't likely to lead to persistent back pain.EducationAug 31, 2020
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