{"id":145540,"date":"2021-09-01T23:55:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T04:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=145540"},"modified":"2021-09-01T23:55:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T04:55:38","slug":"project-believe-gives-backpacks-to-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/09\/01\/project-believe-gives-backpacks-to-marsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Believe gives backpacks to Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Project Believe has once again stepped up to help students at The Marsh Foundation start school on a positive note. Last week, representatives visited campus with a delivery of backpacks and school supplies for all students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization, which originated in 2009, began by donating Christmas gifts to children in residential facilities. It now is also active on Easter, Valentine\u2019s Day, and the start of the school year. Tammie Rafferty, the group\u2019s founder, was initially inspired to help others by her own daughter\u2019s circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Project-Believe-backpack-donations-to-March-9-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Project-Believe-backpack-donations-to-March-9-2021.jpg 580w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Project-Believe-backpack-donations-to-March-9-2021-550x358.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Shown are (from the left) Marsh School teachers Kevin Longstreth and Mandy Looser, Lavoie, librarian Joy Caldwell, and Breese with this year\u2019s donation.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Marsh photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, Bob Lavoie visited the campus to present the backpacks and supplies to Marsh Foundation School Principal Robbie Breese and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe feel very fortunate that Project Believe has chosen to continue to assist The Marsh Foundation in our mission of inspiring hope to our children,\u201d said Breese. \u201cOur students and teachers are very excited to accept the backpacks and supplies as we return to the classroom this school year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about Project Believe by visiting its website at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/project-believe.net\/\">http:\/\/project-believe.net<\/a>&nbsp;or by contacting Rafferty directly at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:projectbelieve@live.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">projectbelieve@live.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent staff and submitted information Project Believe has once again stepped up to help students at The Marsh Foundation start school on a positive note. Last week, representatives visited campus with a delivery of backpacks and school supplies for all students.&nbsp; The organization, which originated in 2009, began by donating Christmas gifts to children in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-youth"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 11:18:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}