St. John’s Lutheran makes backpacks for kids in need

This group from St. John’s Lutheran Church in Prairie du Sac just completed their annual backpack project for needy children who cannot afford backpacks and school supplies. Each backpack contains 4 spiral notebooks, scissors, crayons, ruler, eraser, pencil sharpener, 5 pens and 5 pencils. The backpacks are packed in shipping boxes and forwarded to Lutheran World Relief where they are distributed to areas where there is the most need. St. John’s packed 263 backpacks this year, breaking their old record of 243. Pictured above are Shirley Anding, Eunice Yanke, Macel Magnuson, Dianne Effinger, Barb Salveson, Eddie Nimmow, Shawn Osterfund, Intern Shadow Hanson, Sandra Frey, Patti Kippley, Ruth Dresser, Almay Nelson, Ginny Nimmow, Marilyn Herschleb, Dianne Larson, Marilyn Larson and Vivian Cotter. Also helping, but not pictured , were Pastor Fred Rilling and Linda Hines. Photo contributed.