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United Way Hosting Backpack Drive, To Get New Kindergartners Ready
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region wants to make sure incoming kindergartners are prepared to learn this fall -- and they want your help.The organization is hosting a Back-to-School Backback Drive, with a goal of providing four school districts in Dutchess and Orange counties with backpacks filled with school supplies for children in need.
Folks can drop off supplies at two locations, donate money directly or host backpack drives of their own.
Items needed include crayons, pencils and erasers, markers, glue, child-safe scissors, pocket folders, and notebooks. Y…