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United Way outlines weekend backpack food program, volunteer platform and success closet for Austin students
Summary
United Way presenters described a backpack program serving more than 600 Austin Public Schools students weekly, a student volunteer platform (GetConnected), and a success closet providing winter wear and personal-care items to hundreds of students.
United Way program staff told the school board about the district’s partnership with a weekend backpack food program, an online volunteer platform for student service hours, and a “success closet” that supplies winter clothing and personal-care items to students in need.
Valerie Hallberg, introduced as a program coordinator with United Way, said the backpack program began in 2013 and serves pre-K through eighth-grade students across Austin…
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