Volunteers pack schoolbags Wed. evening at YOSS

As kids get ready to go back to school, hundreds of school-aged youth and parent volunteers will assemble backpacks with school supplies for underprivileged children in the Five Towns communities on Wednesday, Aug. 24, from 5 to 8 pm at the Yeshiva of South Shore.

It’s the UJA-Federation of New York’s Seventh Annual Long Island Tov B’Yachad Supplies for Success.

Over 100 volunteers are expected to descend on the Hewlett school, at 1170 William St. to pack 750 backpacks for distribution to needy children. A total of about 11,000 backpacks will be distributed throughout Long Island and the metro New York area via UJA-Federation’s beneficiary agencies, yeshivas, and other local organizations.

Since its inception, the Supplies for Success program has provided more than 46,000 filled backpacks, working to ensure that New York area children return to school with the tools they need to succeed. Last year, the program provided filled backpacks to more than 10,000 disadvantaged children through UJA-Federation beneficiary agencies, schools and yeshivas and shelters and other local organizations that provide help for people in need.