backpack for kids

Jamestown (CSi) – The Community Action, Region 6 Weekend Backpack program received a total of $3,066 in a fundraiser, and bake sales on October 23, 2014, at the Jamestown Business Center.

The events were held in Conjunction with National Massage Therapy Awareness Week.

Local massage therapist Michelle Kinzler says the Noridian Bake Sale raised $1,323.50 toward the final total.

Proceeds were raised as the massage therapists and reflexologists gave 10 minute massages, for a minimum donation of $10.

 

Previously…

Jamestown (CSi) Local massage therapists and reflexologists will offer 10 minute stress reducing massages as part of National Massage Therapy Awareness Week.
(For a minimum of $10).
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, massage therapist, Michelle Kinzler said, the date for the local event is Thursday October 23, 2014 from 10-a.m., to 5-p.m., at the Jamestown Business Center. (use the west door.)
Donations raised that day will go to the Jamestown Community Action Region 6, Weekend Backpack program.
The ten minute stress-educing massages will help individuals deal with their stress, increase productivity and improve their health.

In addition to Ms. Kinzler, other therapists participating include… massage therapists Kate Tally, Morgan Adams, Terri Rosemore, Shaila Tahran, Amie Schlutz and Cathy Anderson. Anderson will also provide reflexology treatments.

The day is in its fifth year in Jamestown. The team brought in $2,719 last year, up from $725 in its first year.
For more information contact Terri at 252-4698, or Michelle at 952-2629.
Also the Noridian Bake Sale will be from 10-a.m. to 5-p.m., along with baked items provided by the massage therapists.

Also on our show, Community Action’s Sarah Oberlander said, the Weekend Backpack Program provides the necessary nutrition a growing child needs through its nutritious well balanced snacks and meals.

Otherwise, to become a “backpack buddy,” a donation will help fill one child’s backpack for the weekend. The cost of the program is $10-$15 for each backpack per week. This week another 105 backpacks are being sent home, with children in grades K-5.

Also an individual may become a program volunteer, or donate specific food items, or donate a backpack.

She added that Gussner Elementary School has been added to the program this school year, as all five Jamestown elementary schools are in the program.

Dakota Brands is supplying bagels on a regular basis along with donations from Jamestown grocery stores, and the Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo.

More information on the Weekend Backpack Program by calling Community Action Region Six in Jamestown at 252-1821.