The Child & Family Network Centers (CFNC), a nonprofit provider of free preschool and wraparound services to the children of the working poor, hosted its first annual Backpacks for Brighter Futures event on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. Through sponsorships and community partnerships, CFNC raised more than $25,000 and stuffed more than 150 backpacks with school supplies and books, preparing preschoolers for academic success.
On the first day of school, Sept. 8, each CFNC student will receive the tools (crayons, markers, colored pencils, eraser, safety scissors, glue stick) to support creative learning activities that help children with motor skills, language development, decision making inventiveness, cultural awareness and visual learning.
Columbia Capital, LCOR, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Cotton & Company, American Advertising Distributors of Northern Virginia, Kaiser Permanente, Cypress International, Dominion Power, In-Kindness, and Regulatory Economics Group sponsored the event.