Morley's Annual 'Backpack Brigade' Is Looking for Donations

recently held its Backpack Brigade Pep Rally, rallying troops to collect backpacks and school supplies for local students. Morley hopes, once again, to supply the Town of West Hartford with over 400 new backpacks with school supplies.

With the Deparatment of Human and Leisure Services supplying over 800 backpacks at the beginning of every school year to needy students, it’s the Morley community that contributes half of those.

This is the 4th year Morley has taken on this endeavor, which continues to inspire students, families and staff to do what they can to help local students succeed.  

Morley Principal Dr. Ellen Stokoe underscored how important these efforts are for students stating, “This further enables students to have authentic experiences that teach them life-long skills about taking care of each other!"

Morley will be accepting donations of new backpacks ($10-$15 backpacks are good) or a donation to purchase items. In addition to backpack donations, Morley will be accepting new school supplies including pencils and colored pencils, sharpeners, markers, pencil cases, rulers, erasers, notebooks, and folders. 

Keep a lookout for the 4th Annual Morley Backpack Brigade Walk on Monday, June 18 from Morley Elementary School to Town Hall, delivering what Morley hopes will be over 400 backpacks full of supplies. 

Donations may be dropped off (8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday) or mailed to Morley Elementary School, 77 Bretton Rd., West Hartford, Ct. 06119 until June 17.  If any Morley Alums who want to send a donation, we’ll be so happy to hear from you! 

Submitted by Morley School