UCM exceeded its goal to raise $10,000 and collect 1,000 backpacks for the children and youth in UCM’s programs. Each backpack contains approximately $40 worth of school supplies. Student volunteers put the final touches on the remaining backpacks to be donated to needy students in the Route 1 Corridor. From left are Brenda Arriaza, Hayfield Secondary School; Cody Binstock, Mount Vernon High School; Kelly Gallagher, Bishop Ireton High School, and Danielle Page, Woodbridge Middle School. Photo contributed
Mount Vernon — UCM exceeded its goal to raise $10,000 and collect 1,000 backpacks for the children and youth in UCM’s programs. Each backpack contains approximately $40 worth of school supplies. Student volunteers put the final touches on the remaining backpacks to be donated to needy students in the Route 1 Corridor.