{"id":1566,"date":"2017-07-28T21:02:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T21:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biddle.com\/blog\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2018-10-30T18:51:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:51:24","slug":"coming-together-to-make-voas-operation-backpack-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/28\/coming-together-to-make-voas-operation-backpack-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Together to Make VOA&#8217;s Operation Backpack a Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Biddle Consulting Group, led by Fe Ramos and assisted by Rose Ramos, were able to rally the team and get\u00a015 backpacks stuffed with school supplies ready for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voa-ncnn.org\/operation-backpack\">Volunteers of America Operation Backpack<\/a> drive. Not bad for a one-week backpack blitz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1568\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack1-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"biddle-operation-backpack1\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack1-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack1.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1570\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack3-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"biddle-operation-backpack3\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack3-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack3.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1569\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack2-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"biddle-operation-backpack2\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack2-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpack2.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpacks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1567\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpacks-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"biddle-operation-backpacks\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpacks-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/biddle-operation-backpacks.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-text-header\"><strong>What is Operation Backpack?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each year, thousands of homeless and at-risk children in our local communities return to school without the basic supplies they need.<\/p>\n<p>With our help, Operation Backpack\u00ae is able to provide thousands of backpacks, grade specific school supplies, and a variety of support services to homeless, at-risk and foster children from preschool to High School levels throughout the Bay Area, Greater Sacramento Area, and Reno regions. Together, we are helping children learn and thrive in school, stay in school, and build a bright future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biddle Consulting Group, led by Fe Ramos and assisted by Rose Ramos, were able to rally the team and get\u00a015 backpacks stuffed with school supplies ready for the Volunteers of America Operation Backpack drive. Not bad for a one-week backpack blitz. \u00a0 What is Operation Backpack? Each year, thousands of homeless and at-risk children in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-biddle-news","7":"category-bcg-in-the-community","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coming Together to Make VOA&#039;s Operation Backpack a Success &#187; Biddle Consulting Group News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biddle Consulting Group, led by Fe Ramos and assisted by Rose Ramos, were able to rally the team and get\u00a015 backpacks stuffed with school supplies ready\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/28\/coming-together-to-make-voas-operation-backpack-a-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coming Together to Make VOA&#039;s Operation Backpack a Success &#187; 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