BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – OMNI Community CU has purchased 500 school backpacks and is inviting members and area residents to donate school supplies to fill them for the start of school.
OMNI Community CU will disperse the backpacks to school districts throughout Southwest Michigan to children in need as part of its fifth annual Project Backpack.
The credit union is collecting school supplies at branches in Battle Creek, Fort Custer, Kalamazoo, Sturgis and Three Rivers.
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