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The Compassionate Committee for the Homeless in North Bay has been filling the backpacks after carrying out another collection drive of necessary items Saturday at the New Apostolic Church.
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Rebecca Riesen, the lead coordinator of the Backpacks of Love program, says thanks to Sport Chek, Freshco and help from many private citizens, the group has nearly 300 backpacks.
The original goal was to acquire 200 backpacks and fill them with goods.
Sport Chek helped with the first 45 backpacks by donating 16 of them and Riesen says the retailer then provided a great discount on the remaining backpacks.