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Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), a arch all-around provider of appointment articles and services, will bless "Backpack Donation Day" by hosting contest in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Wellington and West Palm Beach.
In accord with the company's National Backpack Program, 25,000 backpacks will be presented to added than 90 altered non-profit organizations that assignment with disadvantaged children. Accouchement will be in appearance at all contest and acquire backpacks as well.
Backpack contest will booty abode at the company's retail food in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Wellington and West Palm Beach.
This year, through the National Backpack Program, Appointment Depot will accord added than 300,000 backpacks absolute basal academy food to underprivileged and "at-risk" kids through breadth non-profit organizations and Title One schools that advice kids throughout the country - aloof in time for kids branch back-to-school.
Office Depot began alms its signature accommodating in-kind Backpack Program in 2001. Since its birth and including this year, Appointment Depot will acquire placed added than 880,000 backpacks in the easily of accouchement beyond North America.
Additionally, in an accomplishment to ability out to the association at large, Appointment Depot additionally arrive able non-profit organizations to abide requests for backpacks through its Association Relations Website for the aboriginal time. From these requests, recipients were called and abounding of those who submitted requests will acquire backpacks at the appointed events.
Office Depot's abysmal charge to "Caring and Making a Difference," abnormally in the communities in which it operates, inspires the appointment accumulation behemothic to become complex with causes and organizations that accomplish a abstruse amusing impact.
The six accompanying contest in South Florida represent six of hundreds demography abode about the country this summer.
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WHEN:
The contest in Delray Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and West Palm Beach will all booty abode on August 3 and activate promptly at 2:00 p.m.
The accident in Boca Raton takes abode on August 3 and begins promptly at 10:30 a.m. The Wellington accident takes abode on August 3 and begins promptly at 1:00 p.m.
WHO:
State Representatives, City Officials and Special Guest who will be in appearance at the contest include:
-- Mayor Jeff Perlman, Vice Mayor Jon Levinson and Deputy Vice Mayor Rita Ellis (Delray Beach); Mayor Steven L. Abrams (Boca Raton); Mayor James Naugle (Ft. Lauderdale); Gil Osorio, Regional Director for United States Senator Bill Nelson, Denis Morales, Chief of Staff and Jose Fuentes, Director of Public Affairs apery Mayor Carlos Alvarez's Appointment (Miami); Mayor Lois Frankel and Stanley C. Panther (West Palm Beach); Legislative Aide, Becki Sigendorf, apery Senator Dave Aronberg's Appointment (Wellington).
-- Appointment Depot Store Managers, District Managers and chief executives.
Representatives, lath members, and accouchement from the added than 90 organizations will be in appearance at the contest and acquire the backpacks absolute academy food from Appointment Depot executives.
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Delray Beach Event:
-- The Caring Kitchen; Delray Beach Police Department; S.D. Spady Elementary School; Carver Estates; EPOCH; Carver Elementary; Migrant Assoc of S. Florida (Boynton Beach); Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition, Inc.; Hispano-Latino Cultural Alliance, Inc; Bar and Ferg's Academy; and Association Child Care Center.
Boca Raton Event:
-- South Florida Summerbridge at St. Andrews; YMCA of South Palm Beach County; Congregation B'nai Israel; Boca Helping Hands; NCCI (Community Back to Academy Bash, Inc.); The Haven and Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Association Center.
Ft. Lauderdale Event:
-- Broward Academy District (Superintendent Till will appear the event); Urban League of Broward County; City of Deerfield Beach/Children Services; Broward House; Kids in Distress; Broward Regional Health Planning; Covenant House Florida, Inc.; MODCO; Florida Consortium of Charter Schools; YMCA of Broward County, Florida Inc.; WAR Ministries, Inc.; Sunshine Cathedral; Sheridan House Family Ministries; Hispanic Unity of Florida and Justice for All in Broward, Inc.
Miami Event:
-- Kids Hope United; Communities In Schools of Miami; Miami-Dade Academy District; Upper Room Outreach Ministries of South Florida, Inc.; The Nat Moore Foundation; New Hope Development Center, Inc.; The Dominican American National Foundation, Inc.; Embrace Girl Power! After Academy Programs & Camps and Miami Dade Police Officers as acting chaperones; Kristi House; Miami Children's Museum; Amigos for Kids; Optimist Club of Kendall Hammocks; CCDH, Inc.; University of Miami Child Protection Team; Neytz haChochma, Inc.; 100 Black Men of South Florida, Inc.; A Need to Read Learning Center; Bridging the Gap Organization; Florida International University Black Employees Association; and Voices for Accouchement Foundation, Inc.
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Wellington Event:
-- The Children's Abode and Home Abode (Lake Worth); and Florida Housing Partnership (Riviera Beach).
West Palm Beach:
-- Green Acres Elementary School; The Urban League of Palm Beach County; Grassy Waters Elementary; Hugs for Kids; Easter Seals, Florida, Inc; ASPIRA, Palm Beach County; Positive Habit Aspiring Teens; Academy District of Palm Beach County; Communities in Schools Palm Beach County; Extended Easily Association Outreach, Inc.; and Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
VISUALS:
Backpack Donations to organizations and children.
Photo Opportunity and media interviews with assembly from Appointment Depot and benefiting organizations and accouchement accepting backpacks.
Members of the media, both book and advertisement are encouraged to attend. Photos and interviews will chase the events. For media assembly that are clumsy to attend, photographs from the contest will be accessible by contacting Lauren Garvey via email at lauren@jkggroup.com, Lisa Black lblack@jkggroup.com or Seth Bidder sbidder@jkggroup.com or Jillian Rosen jrosen@jkggroup.com or Sarah Clark sclark@jkgroup.com or Alison Bloom abloom@jkggroup.com
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