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A BFK Perspective

3/19/2017

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Backpacks for Kids, beyond supplying me with a summer routine filled with daily office work, loading backpacks, and shopping, is invaluable to the confidence and growth of children experiencing economic hardship. Each social worker expresses to me how I give hope to the students who are able to walk into school on the first day feeling unstoppable, with no barriers to their success. I feel their gratitude and have become invested in the communities I visit each year. 

I have made the greatest impact by undertaking a nonprofit and extending its influence, while fulfilling my devotion to the common good. Service to me is not about visiting an impoverished community once, building strong relationships with the children there, and leaving them behind to settle back into their daily routines while I return to mine, remembering more of the fun I had than the change I made, and not wondering where the children may be now that I’m gone.

While I do not know the children I help, I feel a special bond with them because I see their names on a tag each year and pack their backpacks, remembering the backpacks I had given them the year before. I imagine the child behind the name tag and wonder if just a backpack is enough to give her the determination to thrive at school. I am reassured by the service workers that the kids are uplifted, and these adults who feel like Santa as they deliver the backpacks at their favorite time of year are just as excited.

I hope that my dedication to service inspires my friends to lead outstanding efforts and realize that, as active citizens, we can bring confidence and excitement to children close to home by contributing our knowledge and resources to the next generation of scholars. 


More importantly, I hope my excitement and drive will be passed on, and stuffed backpacks are available to an increasing number of needy kids each year. Leading such a project has nurtured heart-warming experiences that I will carry forever.

-Meredith 
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John link
1/12/2018 11:59:08 am

Hello im John. Im 25 years old. I was looking for a good backpack for my kid and never found any. But recently i came across Puku Pals by accident, read the good reviews and bought it myself, and guess what, kid loves it. So i wanted to spread the word. Kids are our future and they deserve to have the best.
I can leave the web page for it: https://pukupals.com/?aff=72

Im curious if anyone else have bought any of these backpacks. Let me know your experience. Are you happy with your purchase ? How do you like the build quality ?

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