The Compassionate Committee for the Homeless in North Bay says the city’s compassion is ‘shining with record-breaking kindness’.
Officials say the sixth Backpacks of Love campaign saw a record 130 backpacks filled with donated essential items.
Some include donated toothbrushes, socks, soap, emergency blankets, ball caps, and more.
The backpacks were then donated to several frontline organizations who provide assistance to the homeless in North Bay.
“Once again, we had a great outpouring of generosity and compassion from the community,” says Leah Pierce, chairperson for the Compassionate Committee for the Homeless in North Bay. “A heartfelt thank-you to the North Bay churches who donated record numbers of socks and other essential items, to the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board who donated essential items and backpacks, to the North Bay Food Bank who donated soaps and shampoos, to Trinity United Church whose Sunday School children created cards with messages of hope and love for each backpack, and to The Catholic Women’s League of Canada who donated essential items and monies.”
The Compassionate Committee for the Homeless in North Bay, made up of the faithful from churches primarily in North Bay’s downtown, was created in February 2021.
Officials say they created the Backpacks of Love campaign based on research conducted.
