As a follow-up to the Breakthrough Cleveland Conference and the Community Fun Day organized by Elevate Slavic Village, Bethel Cleveland and Elevate partnered to give away over 500 backpacks filled to the brim with school supplies to children in Cleveland's Slavic Village neighborhood. While 300 parents registered their children for backpacks during the Community Fun Day, the great families of Bethel Cleveland generously gave above and beyond what was asked and donated over 500 backpacks filled with everything from pencils and calculators to crayons and notebooks. It was a joy watching the neighborhood children pick out their very own backpack. For some of them, this was the first time they had been able to have school supplies at the start of the year. This is just one example of the creative ways in which Elevate will work to spread God's love and compassion throughout Northeast Ohio.