A group of teen volunteers in Albany, N.Y., helped get fellowstudents ready to go back to school recently by preparing more than280 backpacks of school supplies. It was part of the CAP COM CaresFoundation's annual drive to help ensure families in economichardship can equip their children with such necessities asbackpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons and rulers.

The group also spent some time at the headquarters of the $965million CAP COM FCU's headquarters meeting and talking about theimportance of volunteering. The backpacks were then delivered tolocal shelters, centers, schools and the Albany YMCA.

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