{"id":1314354,"date":"2019-09-06T18:20:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T00:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=987233"},"modified":"2019-09-06T18:20:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T00:20:04","slug":"local-nonprofit-project-pack-hopes-to-fill-hundreds-of-backpacks-with-community-donations-for-re-1-children-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/local-nonprofit-project-pack-hopes-to-fill-hundreds-of-backpacks-with-community-donations-for-re-1-children-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Local nonprofit Project PACK hopes to fill hundreds of backpacks with community donations for RE-1 children in need"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Now through Sept. 16 residents may drop off new donations for Re-1 students in need at any Alpine Bank between Glenwood Springs and Basalt<\/strong>
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When three mothers learned that numerous children experiencing traumatic events were in need of supplies, they wanted to help \u2014 and knew the community would, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got into a brainstorm with my three friends,\u201d said Roaring Fork Valley resident Amber Wissing. \u201cSeeing the need in the community and knowing that people really do have a heart to give, we wanted to find a practical way to bridge the gap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Subsequently, Wissing, Mandy Chamberlain and Katrina Epp formed Project PACK, which stands for \u201cProvide a Crisis Kit,\u201d four years ago.<\/p>\n

The local nonprofit, which operates under the Two Rivers Community Foundation, supports a number of local agencies including all RE-1 Schools.<\/p>\n

Now through Sept. 16, Project PACK with the help of Alpine Bank will collect emergency supply donations for RE-1 school children in need.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an initial goal of being able to pack 300 backpacks,\u201d said Wissing. \u201cPeople may drop off supplies at any Alpine Bank from Basalt to Glenwood during their regular business hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those supplies, intended for students up to 18-years-old, include: blankets, socks, underwear, pajamas, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, water bottles, snacks and gift cards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do only accept new items,\u201d said Wissing.<\/p>\n

Volunteers will then sort through those new items and fill already purchased backpacks with them.<\/p>\n

Those backpacks will then go to the Family Resource Center, which will supply them to RE-1 children in need.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plight of these children may not be visible to many of us in our community, but their need for our support is real,\u201d Alpine Bank Glenwood President John Stelzriede said in a news release. \u201cAlpine Bank is proud to lend a hand to this important initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n

In some cases, children may not be able to return home because of a family crisis, homelessness or disclosure of abuse.<\/p>\n

Project PACK, with the help of the community, provides those children with necessary supplies through those traumatic events.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are hoping to finish strong here in the last couple of weeks,\u201d Wissing said of the collection drive.<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now through Sept. 16 residents may drop off new donations for Re-1 students in need at any Alpine Bank between Glenwood Springs and BasaltProvided\/ProjectPACK When three mothers learned that numerous children experiencing traumatic events were in need of supplies, they wanted to help \u2014 and knew the community would, too. \u201cI got into a brainstorm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 02:19:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}