Operation Backpack

This program started at Mabscott United Methodist Church and now at UM Temple. Each backpack contains a complete list of supplies appropriate for the age group.

Two churches and the local community effort has provided full backpacks for needy students through schools in four counties in southern WV for the last 30 years. The Mabscott United Methodist Church began the program in 1995 with six full backpacks for children in a shelter. It has grown yearly and provided 951 backpacks in 2015, requested by counselors in Pre-K-12 schools in Raleigh, Wyoming, Fay  ...