08/24/2026
THANK YOU, BRIDGEPORT! 💙
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make our Back to School event such a special day for hundreds of Bridgeport kids!
We are incredibly grateful to:
Bridgeport Elks Lodge #714
Party Pros
Bridgeport Ribhouse
Bello, Reilley, McGrory, DiPeppo
Frosty Falls Ice Cream
Boro Line Auto Service
Upper Merion Community Cupboard
Growing Bridgeport Together
Bridgeport Public Works & Borough Staff
And to the many Bridgeport businesses and individual residents who donated anonymously through our Amazon Wish List — your generosity made a real difference. Because of you, hundreds of children will start the school year with the supplies they need and feel ready, supported, and excited to learn! 📚✏️🎒
A SPECIAL THANK YOU ❤️
To the Elks Club line officers and the many lodge volunteers, especially Patrice and Jim DeStefano, who went above and beyond to help make the day possible.
To Emilio Buitrago, who helped so many Spanish-speaking families select the school supplies they needed.
To Melissa Navitsky, who generously donated food and school supplies and then spent the day behind the grill serving up delicious burgers and hot dogs!
To Councilman Kyle Shenk for donating the pork for our sandwiches.
And to our amazing barbers, yefry_barbershop01 and lj_thebarber1013, for helping our kids head into the new school year looking and feeling their best! 💈✂️
And last, but certainly never least… 💙
A heartfelt thank you to Councilwoman Heather Cosenza, Councilwoman Laura Gamble, Councilwoman Laura Houck, Councilwoman Saba Al Zaid, Tracey Al Zaid, and our Growing Bridgeport Together board members — John, Diane, Mel Arrington, Kim Shronk, and Ester Cardone.
Thank you for the countless hours of planning, organizing, donating, coordinating, and showing up for our community. Your love, dedication, and hard work are what make events like this possible.
This truly was a community effort, and we couldn’t have done it without each and every person who played a part.
Bridgeport showed up — and our kids felt it. 💙🎒📚
Thank you for helping us continue to bring our community together, support our families, and invest in our children.
