Photos: On Their Way
On Aug. 8, CM Fox Real Estate donated $2,500 to the Backpacks For Success program where each student got a $100 gift card along with a 15-percent-off coupon from Kohl’s to shop after the kids had a pizza party at the Guilderland YMCA.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Moved to tears: A mother wipes away tears after her daughter, beside her, received a backpack. Her daughter watches Ray Gagnon, the chief executive officer of JDog, a junk-hauling business, hand a backpack to Benjamin Rojas during a pizza party for the kids before they went shopping for school clothes at Kohl’s in Colonie.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Quiet backpacks: A kitty-cat nestles next to rucksack emblazoned with a Batman logo on a table at the Guilderland YMCA on Aug. 8 before they are given to Guilderland students for the upcoming school year. The backpacks were donated by JDog, a junk removal business, along with the Guilderland Chamber of Commerce, Toys for Tots, the Guilderland YMCA, and CM Fox Real Estate.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
One happy kid: A girl smiles as she is given a backpack filled with school supplies, from JDog’s Brandon Galarneau at the Guilderland YMCA.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Shopping spree: Kids along with volunteers, like Guilderland schools Superintendent Marie Wiles, third from right, leave the YMCA for a school bus that will take them to shop for back-to-school clothes to Kohl’s in Colonie. CM Fox Real Estate donated $2,500 to the Backpacks For Success program where each student got a $100 gift card along with a 15-percent-off coupon from Kohl’s to shop.