United Way Backpack Project

A community project of the United Way of the Brown County Area, Inc.

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This year, 500 backpacks filled with age appropriate school supplies were delivered to schools throughout Brown County. These backpacks are available to kids from families in need to help ensure that the kids are able to get off to a good start in school.

What's the United Way Backpack Project?

The United Way Backpack Project provides backpacks filled with school supplies to children in Brown County who qualify for the free lunch program. United Way has teamedup with local school districts, the Salvation Army and area businesses to bring this opportunity to the Brown County area. 

How does it work?

Each summer schools in Brown County mail United Way Backpack Project info and applications to families who qualify for the FREE lunch program in grades K-8.  School supplies and backpacks are then collected by participating businesses and organizations to fill the large number of requests.  Parents and children who qualify to receive a backpack and supplies are then invited to come and pack their backpacks with all the supplies they need to get off to a good start in school. 

Questions

Please contact your child's school administration office or United Way at (507) 354-6512.

We would like to thank the following

businesses and organizations

who helped make this year a success

 3M

American Family Insurance-Sleepy Eye

AMPI Butter Plant

AMPI Corporate

Bank Midwest-New Ulm

Bic - Sleepy Eye

Choice Financial Group-Comfrey

Christ the King Lutheran Church- New Ulm

Church of St. Mary - New Ulm

Citizens Bank Minnesota

Dyckman Free Library-Sleepy Eye

F & M Bank-Springfield

First United Methodist -New Ulm

Frandsen Bank & Trust-New Ulm

HY-VEE New Ulm

ILPEA Industries-New Ulm

Jensen Motors-New Ulm

Kraft Foods

McCabe's Ace Hardware-Sleepy Eye

New Ulm Medical Center

New Ulm Public Library

Sleepy Eye Chamber

Springfield Public Library

SouthPoint Federal Credit Union-New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Springfield

St. John's Lutheran Church-Springfield

St. John's Lutheran Home-Springfield

St. John's Church-Searles

Target-New Ulm

Tauer's Supervalu-Springfield

United Chruch of Christ-New Ulm

United Methodist Church-Springfield

United Prairie Bank-New Ulm

Windings-New Ulm

Zion Church-Hanska

Zion Lutheran Chruch-Springfield

Thank you to the following for your generous donations

 Mike's Collision-New Ulm $250