1,200 Backpacks ($76,000) Collected for Upstate Children

Thank you, Grace Church, for providing backpacks full of school supplies through our Back-to-School Drive! They are being delivered to children in need across the Upstate through our DSS partners in Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, and Spartanburg counties. Additionally, we have the joy of providing backpacks for children connected to Front Porch Housing and Neighborhood Focus this year.

By the numbers:

• Over 1,200 backpacks were donated
• 481 elementary backpacks = $11,000+
• 727 middle/high backpacks = $65,000+
• $76,000+ total given towards backpacks and school supplies

We are so thankful for your generosity, and our DSS partners have all expressed their gratitude as well. One of our partners had this to say:

On behalf of our staff at Pickens County DSS, I want to let you know how much we appreciate the generosity of Grace Church and your partners in providing school supplies and backpacks for our children. Our staff has already started giving them to their clients! We are very blessed by your generosity. I would also like to thank you all for your prayers for our children that receive these backpacks. May God Bless each of you as you show what true community partnership looks like.

Please take a moment and ask God to encourage and reveal more of himself to each child who receives a backpack. There are many other ways you can serve vulnerable children through our Foster & Adopt ministry. Click below to see how you can support foster and adoptive families throughout the year.