BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With the beginning of a brand new faculty yr subsequent week, Catholic Charities is gathering faculty provides for its annual backpack program, which helps college students in want all through Western New York with a backpack and faculty provides.

Donations of college provides, together with backpacks themselves, are being collected at Catholic Charities’ Women of Charity, 1122 Broadway, Buffalo, Monday via Friday between 10 a.m. and a pair of p.m. Anybody making donations is requested to name forward to (716) 895-4001 to schedule a drop-off time. Donations can be dropped off at Catholic Charities’ thrift retailer in Wellsville, 67 E. Pearl St., Wellsville throughout the identical instances on weekdays.

Backpack referrals are first come, first served, and should undergo a Catholic Charities caseworker. To get a backpack, name Catholic Charities’ Central Consumption at (716) 856-4494 and inform them you or somebody you recognize wants help with faculty provides.

Further details about all Catholic Charities’ companies may be discovered right here.