Pinellas County Council of PTAs

Join the Backpack Challenge

On the average, every day in Pinellas county 250 kids wake up in the morning not knowing where they're going to sleep that night; the average luggage for a child in foster care is a Hefty garbage bag; many times a child is pulled from their home in the middle of the night for safety reasons and expected to go to school the next day with no supplies.

Pinellas County Council of PTA’s believes “We can make a difference" by giving them something to start anew with, something that’s theirs, and a hope that they know someone cares. That is why PCCPTA President, Charles Derexson, has made the “2009 Backpack Challenge.” The goal is to collect 2009 filled backpacks by the PCCPTA banquet in 2009, that’s an average of 20 per local unit. We had a great start with 110 from Ridgecrest Elementary. Each red backpack on this page represents 100 backpacks that have been donated. Help us turn them all red.

One Way PTAs Can Help

Learn more by reading the St. Petersburg Times article

"Class Project Helps Foster Kids"

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