This year’s Stuff the Bus Maine’s campaign, was profoundly affected by Covid. We could not hold our supply donation drives at Walmart, which accounted for 90 percent of our programs supplies collection, which we use to help an estimated 4,000 York County students. We were essentially dead-in the water. I was contacted by Strategies for a Stronger Sanford program, and encouraged to apply for a grant thru the Sanford Unitarian churches, Covid 19 relief fund. This fund was created to help organizations like mine whose important work, was deeply affected by the Global Pandemic. As a result of this Stuff the Bus Maine received a grant for 10,000 dollars. This was the beginning of something magical and a game changer for my program. We went from not planning to do anything to handing out over 400 backpacks, so far. We also purchased Ukuleles for an entire 4th grade music class, whom because of Covid can’t do recorders or Chorus this year. We are deeply grateful to the Sanford Unitarian Church for their generosity, and have chosen them as the recipient of the, 2020 Stuff the Bus award! Congratulations, we can never express how much this gift has meant to our program and the children and teachers we help! It was the beginning of us raising $22,474 so far this year which is amazing, we come from a caring and strong community, that rises above even the challenges of a global Pandemic.