11-year-old boy’s backpack deliveries to the Bahamas reach over 1200 – Greenwich Time

11-year-old boy's backpack deliveries to the Bahamas reach over 1,200

An 11-year-old Florida boy is reflecting on his idea to help that eventually spread across the country. In September, Cade Frye was so overcome with the images he saw of the devastation in the Bahamas caused by Hurricane Dorian, that he had to do something.

With the help of his parents, Cade decided to collect backpacks and fill them with school supplies, toys, other necessities and hand deliver them to children in the Bahamas.

"I don't think we had any idea how big it was going to get," said Amanda Frye, Cades mother.

The Frye family created a Facebook page called Backpacks for the Bahamas. People from all over the country donated their own backpacks filled with supplies.

Cade said, "It makes me feel good and I'm really helping."

The first shipment to the Bahamas contained close to 100 book bags. Since then, over 1,200 bags have been delivered.

Amanda Frye said, "To hear a child think she was just getting a bag and to open it and to see that she had clothes, and she had snacks, its pretty cool when you know that you had a hand in that. "

Cade said, "I think the kids feel grateful and I feel like I really helped out."

The Frye family is no longer collecting backpacks for the Bahamas. The final delivery shipment will contain just over 200 backpacks.

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11-year-old boy's backpack deliveries to the Bahamas reach over 1200 - Greenwich Time