Backpacks needed for children of East Tennessee floods

Bear Cove Baptist Church is collecting backpacks, packed with school supplies, throughout the month of November. The goal is 1,000 backpacks: 500 for boys, 500 for girls (all ages, kindergarten-high school). Please tag your backpacks to indicate boy or girl.

Supply list for each backpack

• ONE 3-ring binder
• TWO spiral bound notebooks
• TWO two-pocket folders
• Pencils                      
• Crayons (one small box of 24)
• Travel-size hygiene items, one each: deodorant, toothpaste & toothbrush, hand sanitizer

Drop-off sites

Bear Cove Baptist Church (9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)

Union Baptist Association building (10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)

For more information call

Mike Creppel (931) 256-6315

Bear Cove Baptist Church (931) 738-8040