Make a Difference Monday: Boots and Backpacks

Written by: Kate Snyder, Development and Donor Communications Coordinator

I'm going to steal/borrow shamelessly from my favorite radio station and introduce a feature on the blog called "Make a Difference Monday." Periodically on Mondays I will feature an individual, group, or entity who is Making a Difference in the East End through their involvement with East End Cooperative Ministry.

Today's difference-makers are the students of Community Day School in Squirrel Hill. A group of middle school students from Community Day School participates in a program called the Mitzvah Corps. These students brainstorm and implement projects to improve their community through drives and volunteer efforts.

Their most recent endeavor was a "Boots and Backpacks" drive for EECM. The students and their teacher, Amy, appeared at EECM yesterday laden with bags of backpacks (many of them brand-new!) and gently-used kids winter boots. What a haul!


The boots will be distributed through EECM's Children & Youth Programs. The backpacks were a particularly hot commodity, with both our Youth Programs and our Homeless Programs expressing an interest (the guys in our Shelter are always grateful to have good quality backpacks to carry their belongings). Happily, there were plenty to go around!

Thanks to the students of Community Day School for this terrific donation.

Do you know someone we should feature for
Make a Difference Monday?
Shoot me an email at kates(at)eecm.org.