In July, New Port Richey resident Sarah Mayer started collecting
backpacks to donate to families with children affected by the Gulf Coast
oil spill.
The 11-year-old girl gathered 45 new and barely-used
child-size backpacks with the help of friends, family, neighbors and
members of her local church. The backpacks will be shipped to Louisiana
courtesy of
Certified Slings, a
cargo and rigging manufacturer based in Tampa.
Mayer's Girl Scout
troop may plan on resuming the backpack drive when school starts in the
fall.
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