Eager hands of Kiwanis Club and Aktion Club members made short order of packing 25 backpacks of school supplies for the Center for Family Services’ “Operation Backpack.”
Adjourning their Aug. 14 club meeting early, the Kiwanis Club of the Haddons along with the Bancroft Aktion Club stuffed backpacks with crayons, pencils, pens, highlighters, rulers, glue, composition books, notebooks, binders, folders, pencil boxes and more. This is the 10th year the Kiwanis Club has provided backpacks to the Center for Family Services in Camden.
Jason Bintliff, advisor for the Aktion Club, said the five club members came today “ready to work.” Aktion Club is a service club for adults with disabilities.
“Club members have been shopping the sales for the past month. Some even started backpack shopping last September,” said club secretary Milton Smith of Burlington City, an Architect with Kitchen & Associates Architectural Services in Collingswood.
“The need this year is so great. We trust the Center for Family Services to find the local children who are in need of this school year ‘boost’,” said club treasurer Margaret Henry-Parker, an executive with Camden County Office On Economic Opportunity.
Kiwanis Club president John “Jack” Wilson, Esquire, brought along his granddaughter to help stuff the backpacks.
“She always looks forward to this project, showing how we can help others in our community,” he said.
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. The Kiwanis Club of the Haddons meets Fridays, 12:15 p.m. at Tavistock Country Club. All citizens concerned with the healthful development of our youth are welcome to join.
For information about Kiwanis, contact club secretary Milton Smith at (856) 559–2009.
To learn more about Aktion Club, “where development has no disability,” contact Jason Bintliff at Bancroft, jason.bintliff@bancroft.org.
