07/22/2025
🎒 Back Pack the Future – Support Fountain Inn Elementary! 📚
As we prepare for the upcoming school year, I’m proud to launch Back Pack the Future, a community-driven effort to support students at Fountain Inn Elementary by providing essential school supplies to those in need.
Recent studies show that 12.2% of households in Fountain Inn live below the poverty line. This unfortunate reality impacts the quality of education many of our children receive—especially when families are unable to afford even the most basic school supplies.
With the average cost of school supplies now reaching $50 per child, the burden on families is real—and growing. That’s why this year, our goal is to provide at least 10 fully stocked backpacks filled with essential items used across all grade levels, such as notebooks, pencils, crayons, folders, and more.
How You Can Help:
💰 Monetary Donations – Any amount helps and will go directly toward purchasing supplies.
📦 Supply Donations – New school supplies are welcomed and appreciated!
Whether you’re able to give a little or a lot, your contribution to Back Pack the Future helps a child walk into school with confidence, dignity, and the tools to succeed.
Let’s come together to make this school year brighter for our community’s children—one backpack at a time.
Please message me directly if you’d like to donate or get involved.
Thank you for helping us backpack the future of Fountain Inn!
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đź“ť Supply List (per backpack):
• Backpack
• Water bottle
• Wooden #2 pencils (sharpened)
• Black dry erase markers (4 count)
• Glue sticks (12 count)
• Crayons (24 count)
• Marbled composition notebooks (wide ruled)
• Over-the-ear headphones
• Blunt end scissors
• Pocket folders with prongs
• Pencil box or pouch
• Pink erasers
