Local Patch Editors Give 5 For Marblehead

Part of Patch's mission is to not just cover the news in the community it serves, but also give back to the community it serves.

In keeping with this mission, Patches across the country Tuesday volunteered in their community as part of Give 5 day. 

Local editors from Marblehead, Salem, Danvers and Hamilton/Wenham  joined together in Marblehead and volunteered their afternoon to Community of Friends. 

At Community of Friends, local editors helped provide 540 children-in-need with backpacks & school supplies. Editors sorted through donations and helped put tags with in-need childrens' names in envelopes. 

Over the summer, the organization has been collecting backpacks and supplies for children aged pre-school to seniors in high school. Now, the organization is starting to put the supplies in the backpacks and get them to children before the start of school.

Community of Friends is still seeking material and monetary donation. For more information, click here.

In addition to today's Give 5, Patch employees in the Boston area will also participate in the MSPCA's Walk for Animals on September 12, in Boston.

If you would like to find out more about the walk, check out the event's Web site.

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