Project Downtown Saint Louis gave away 350 backpacks

Greetings,
Project Downtown Saint Louis, which is part of the national organization , started in 2013 by giving out fresh meals to the needy and poor families every Saturday in the city of Saint Louis. Along with giving out fresh meals, Project Downtown Saint Louis realized there is a need for school supplies as well. Since the beginning, PDSTL started giving out 100s of backpacks with supplies to needy families and kids. This year, 2017, was a little different for Project Downtown Saint Louis because the Florissant and Ferguson School district  reached out to ICNA relief STL and then ICNA relief  STL asked us if we could work together and provide 1000 backpacks to the kids. Since the demand was very high, Project Downtown Saint Louis denied the request and offered to provide 350 backpacks.. On august 5th, 2017, Project Downtown Saint Louis and ICNA Relief STL partnered and provided 350 backpacks to the Florissant and Ferguson School District. It was one of the most heart touching moment to see kids lined up to claim their free backpacks from Project Downtown Saint Louis. All of the backpacks were gone within 30 minutes. Every kid looked back at Project Downtown Saint Louis board members  and gave them a huge smile and said THANK YOU so much for helping us out. A lot of the parents personally came up to the PDSTL board members and thanked them by giving them hugs.

We do want to take a moment to recognize  the Islamic Foundation of greater Saint Louis, Muslim Youth of Saint Louis, ICNA Relief - Saint Louis, Salam Market and Upper Trends for sponsoring this event. Huge THANKS goes out these organizations and business for helping out. Our goal is to give out 1000 backpacks next year to the Florssant and Ferguson School District, God willingly.  

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