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Boston City TV, MA / City of Boston Office of Public Service and Community Outreach / 12 Aug 2014
Boston City TV, MA / City of Boston Office of Public Service and Community Outreach / 12 Aug 2014
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From YouTube: Back-to-School Celebration Backpack Stuff-a-Thon

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Mayor Walsh joins volunteers from the TD Garden, Boston Bruins, Massachusetts Sportservice, The Salvation Army and City of Boston for the inaugural Backpack Stuff-a-Thon Challenge.

A

Too many of our children are going to school without the supplies they need, they they're embarrassed and they their behavior goes bad and they end up not coming to school as frequently and they fall further and further behind, and so that's why the city of boston and the salvation army and the garden have teamed up to create this back-to-school celebration.

A

We also want to say thank you to bts asset management. They are a major sponsor of this event. They provide 25 000 to make this happen. So there's so many people in this community who come together, who partnered to uh to really do the best to start these kids out right.

B

It's great that these backpacks are going to be packed, they're going to be at the kroc center and in a couple of weeks, we're going to have another great day at the kroc center, because we're going to distribute these backpacks to kids from all around the city. So we're anticipating about 7, 000 kids coming over and getting backpacks on august 28th, and so we're very excited about that and we're eagerly looking forward to it. An.

C

Event like this, it helps prepare the young kids. Our young kids in the city of boston, for school, uh for on the first day of school they'll be ready to go, and uh I think it's just it's a great gesture, get them into the mindset.

C

You know we're fortunate in boston have great sports teams that are really invested in our young people in the city of boston and an event like today and having the backpacks ready for the kids to start the school year and it's always exciting the beginning of a school year, and I think, uh with the help from today, really get them on the right track. Starting day.

C

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