DuPage County Back to School Fair helps families secure school supplies

Published on August 12, 2023

The DuPage County Back to School Fair is a 34-year tradition to help low-income families secure school supplies for the upcoming year Cars lined up at the DuPage County Fairgrounds on Wednesday for an annual back-to-school tradition hosted by the Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet. The program aims to provide basic supplies and more to those in need. More than 3,000 backpacks and 900 goodie bags of food were handed out during the event to over one thousand low-income families.

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