Little Hands Serving Hearts to pack, distribute back-to-school backpacks this weekend

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – This weekend, Little Hands Serving Hearts will be out in the community packing and distributing backpacks for children in need this school year.

Little Hands Serving Hearts is a local non-profit organization dedicated to creating and providing volunteer service opportunities for children.

Executive Director Ashley Seligson joined the CBS 42 Morning News on Saturday to talk about the project.

“It’s hard to believe summer is gone and it is back to school time, but it is our hope that we can ensure every student, no matter what their circumstances, have all the tools that they need to have a successful and bright school year,” Seligson said.

Seligson founded the organization seven years ago as a way for her and her husband to get their children involved in helping the community.

“There’s no minimum age to volunteer,” Seligson said. “Everything we do is kid friendly. Lots of families volunteer together and we have events such as Fill a Backpack, we feed the homeless, we do our Christmas Blessings event and kind of everything in between.”

On Saturday, everyone is invited to Alabama Hoops at 798 Montclair Rd. in Birmingham at 10 a.m. to help organize and pack the backpacks with donations that will be distributed to children who need them on Sunday. They will be filled with binders, notebooks, paper, pencils, markers, crayons and the tools they will need to be prepared for the first day of school.

“It’s one of those ways that we can plug into the community,” Seligson said. “We want to ensure that every student has all the tools that they need so that going into school, that they feel prepared and excited and ready to learn for the new school year.”

The backpack distribution starts on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the MLK Recreation Center in Birmingham located at 529 43 ^rd St. North.

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