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How to Donate to Operation Backpack 2013
You can help the neediest kids in Westchester County start the new school year with the right supplies.
Operation Backpack is swinging into action for the second year.
The project started in 2012 when a local Girl Scout wrote to Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.
Amanda Grant of White Plains, a Girl Scout from Greenburgh’s Troop 1936, reached out about the need for low-income families to have adequate school supplies for their children. The young scout said back then that "education is our future, and achieving this begins with having basic tools such as school supplies. As a Girl Scout, I feel it is my responsibility to help those in need, and that is why I choose to participate in a school supply drive.”
Operation Backpack will collect school supplies for children and families served by the Westchester Department of Social Services.
The goal, said Astorino in a press release calling for donations, is to surpass last year when donations were received to fill more than 1,000 backpacks.
The program is spearheaded by the county Department of Social Services, but there are many partners. They are: Operation Prom, Sharing Shelf, WFAS, Kids Klosest and State Farm.
“I got involved last year and this year I have recruited some of my fellow agents to help as well," said State Farm agent Lisa Vitiello.
There's one collection point in northern Westchester, and many in central and southern Westchester:GOVERNMENT OFFICES
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Westchester County Michaelian Office Building
148 Martine Avenue, White Plains
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(914) 995-210
Dept. of Social Services (DSS) Central Office
112 East Post Road, White Plains
(914) 995-5000
Mount Vernon District Office (DSS)
100 East First St, Mount Vernon
(914) 813-6164
Peekskill District Office (DSS)
750 Washington St., Peekskill
(914) 862-5078
White Plains District Office (DSS)
85 Court St., White Plains
(914) 995-5889
Yonkers District Office (DSS)
31 Warburton Av. Yonkers
(914) 231-2653
NON PROFITS
Sharing Shelf
47 Purdy Ave. Port Chester
(914) 305-9550
Kid’s Kloset
845 N. Broadway, White Plains
(914) 522-2812
BUSINESSES
WFAS
365 Secor Road, Hartsdale
(914) 693-2400
State Farm Offices & Contacts
Lisa Vitiello
282 White Plains Road, Eastchester
(914) 337-4810
John O'Brien
2016 Central Park Ave, Yonkers
(914) 793-5100
Bob Weber
626 North Ave., New Rochelle
(914) 712-3000
Mark Link
111 Fifth Ave., Pelham
(914) 712-3680
Vivian Lem
590 Central Park Ave, Scarsdale
(914) 725-5000
Delores Clemons
CLU, ChFC
562 Kimball Ave., Yonkers
(914) 663-6688
Tom Broderick
211 Main St., New Rochelle
(914) 632-6000
Mike Lanza
761 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers
(914) 476-2287
Gene A Lanza
761 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers
(914) 476-2287
Tamara Lanza
18 Halstead Ave., Harrison
(914) 835-6000
Edgar Almanzar
477 Central Ave., White Plains
(914) 358-9712
Kathy Davidoff
239 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow
(914) 524-9535
Questions or cash donations? Contact Matthew McCarrick, staff assistant of Community Education for the Department of Social Services at (914) 995-4979 or by email at nqm9@westchestergov.com
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