Woman's Club Raises $1,300 To Fill Student Backpacks In Fairfax Co.

MCLEAN, VA — The Woman's Club of McLean raised $1,300 this summer to purchase and outfit backpacks for school-aged children involved in a program for young mothers and their children.

The program is operated by Second Story, a nonprofit group in Fairfax County that provide counseling and residential housing for teens, young mothers, and their children who are living in unsafe residential situations.

In 2022, Second Story served 213 young mothers, their children and teenagers and 100 percent succeeded in exited to safe living situations.

This year, the McLean Woman's Club consulted with a Fairfax County teacher, who provided suggestions for the type of supplies to fill the backpacks, including offering special guidance for a first-grader's backpack.

The club searched for school supplies at Target and Staples and on EBay, and spreadsheets were kept to track donations, supplies and expenditures.

One McLean Woman’s Club member scheduled an afternoon tea to get volunteers to stuff the backpacks. An assembly line was created to stuff pencil boxes, glue sticks, pencils, notebooks erasers and other items. Later that afternoon, 40 backpacks were delivered to Second Story.

“The Woman’s Club of McLean wishes all the new students in the Second Story Program a successful school year,” the group said.

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