For the fourth year A-TCAA’s Camanche Lake and Upcountry Community Centers are sponsoring the Back-Pack 2 School Project. For the second year we are joined by the Generation Life Church. With their support we are able to expand the service area for the project to the entire county. This project provides backpacks filled with grade appropriate school supplies for children whose families are financially stressed. Without the generosity of local individuals, businesses, and community organizations, many families would struggle to provide these much needed supplies. Altogether, 312 children received a backpack and school supplies in 2009, 133 of these children live upcountry.

If you need assistance with school supplies for the 2010/11 school year you can find an application at the Upcountry Community Center 296-2785, Camanche Lake Community Center 763-2794, Ione Family Learning Center 274-4527, Generation Life Church 267-9198 or the Interfaith Food Bank 267-9006. To qualify to receive assistance from this project you must live in Amador County, your family must meet the income qualifications for the Free/Reduced School Lunch and be going into grade K-12.