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# Reaching-Out Community Services Hosts “Big Backpack Giveaway” For Underprivileged Kids Returning To School
- URL: https://bklyner.com/reaching-community-services-hosts-big-backpack-giveaway-underprivileged-kids-returning-school-bensonhurst/
- Published: 2014-08-27T17:02:29.000Z
- Updated: 2014-08-27T17:02:29.000Z
- Author: Erica Sherman
- Tags: 7708 new utrecht ave, back-to-school, big backpack giveaway, charity, food pantry, reaching out community services, school supplies, Social Security, #API-Imported

![Source: shaletann / Flickr](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sb_backpacks_shaletann-580x385.jpg)

Source: shaletann / Flickr

For the [fourth year in a row](/backpacks-needed-for-needy-kids-returning-to-school/), Reaching-Out Community Services will be distributing more than 500 backpacks with school supplies for children in need during its Big Backpack Giveaway event, tomorrow, August 28 at 1:00 p.m.

According to an email from the group: “This is not a handout, its charity with intelligence. How do we know the children need it? It’s a no brainer… the kids are recipients of our emergency food pantry program. So we know they need the help.”

Reaching-Out Community Services is a non-profit organization that provides vital services to struggling community members, including helping them apply for Social Security, Medicaid and also serving as a food pantry. 

The event, sponsored by Empire State Bank, Cpex Real Estate Services, Northfield Bank, Project Hope NY and Fillmore Real Estate, will be held at Reaching-Out Community Services headquarters, 7708 New Utrecht Avenue.

To learn more, go to [www.rcsprograms.org](http://www.rcsprograms.org/?ref=bklyner.com).