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11/01/2026

🎃👻 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 👻🎃

A HUGE thank you to the East Central High School Stingette Dance Team for helping us spread a little Halloween fun this year! 🧡🖤

The Stingettes spent time sorting and packing Halloween treat bags for Backpack Buddies of East Central to help make the holiday a little sweeter for some very special kids in our community! 🍬🍭🎃

We are so thankful for these young ladies for giving their time and helping us give back to our community. There’s nothing better than seeing our local students come together to make a difference!

Happy Halloween from Backpack Buddies of East Central! 👻🧡

10/19/2026

Cram the Cruiser will be in Hurley October 31st to help Backpack Buddies of EC. Come out and show your support by donating one or more of the items listed below.

10/14/2026

A special thank you to Caswell Springs Methodist Church for their continued support of East Central Backpack Buddies!

On September 27th, Caswell Springs celebrated Children’s Sabbath with a special service and collected a love offering to benefit our Backpack Buddies program. We are incredibly grateful for their generosity and for everyone who contributed.

Caswell Springs is also home to our Backpack Buddies pantry, and we are so thankful for the space they provide and the many ways they continue to support our mission. Their kindness and partnership help us continue providing for children in our community each week.

Thank you, Caswell Springs Methodist Church, for always supporting East Central Backpack Buddies and the children we serve!

09/22/2026

A huge thank you to the East Central Mens Club for their continued support of our program!

The EC Men’s Club held their annual golf tournament Saturday, September 12th, and we are incredibly grateful for their generosity. We would also like to thank all of the golfers who purchased tickets and made donations to support our program.

All money donated will go directly toward purchasing food for our EC Backpack Buddies. Your support helps us continue giving back to students in our community, and we truly appreciate everyone who helped make this possible!

09/09/2026

The 2026/2027 school year is off to a great start. Thank you Temple Baptist Church and Mississippi Power Community Connections for the monetary donations that helped us stock our shelves and provided food for our first bags this past week. We are starting out with 53 enrolled students.

06/24/2026

Please share! The Link is excited to announce its 3rd Annual School Supply Drive benefiting families in Jackson, George, and Greene Counties! We’ve created an Amazon list of the most common items on our schools’ supply lists and other items needed in classrooms at an array of price points! We want to be able to fill supply lists for the beginning of the school year and have an on-hand supply of the items that most commonly need replacement/replenishment throughout the year. If you’d like to help with this effort, simply shop the list and everything will ship directly to The Link.

Once donations are received, we will organize and distribute them from The Link in July. The distribution date will be posted soon!

We are very excited about this annual event and appreciate your support so much! Questions? Ask in the comments or send us a message! If you’re a local church or business that would like to help us collect certain items over the next couple weeks, please message us! The Amazon link is below in the comments! ❤️

05/11/2026

📣 Summer Meal Box Program Sign-Ups Are Now Open!

We’re excited to once again offer our FREE Summer Feeding Program! ☀️🍽️
Families can receive weekly 7-day meal boxes for children ages 18 and under.

📍 Pickup locations available across the district
📝 Registration is required

👉 Sign up here:
https://forms.gle/WTg8ArnmLsXoKDUp8

⚠️ Important Information:
• This form is for meal pickup only
• Each child may receive one 7-day meal box per week
• If your student is scheduled for delivery, please follow your school’s communication and do not complete this form

We’re looking forward to serving our families this summer! 💚

04/21/2026

Thank you to East Central Lockhearts for coming to pack bags and donating 129.8 pounds of food to our pantry. We are grateful for the continued support.

04/19/2026

Thank you to East Central Lower Elementary for donating 1,070.7 pounds of food to our pantry during their February food drive. We are grateful for the continued support.

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18601 Highway 63
Hurley, MS
39562

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