LI school supply donations down, need way up
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Jonathan Solis, 3, holds his new school supplies that he received from Pronto in Bay Shore, Wednesday. (Sept. 1, 2010)
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Nonprofit groups serving Long Island's neediest families say donations of backpacks, notebooks and other essentials to annual school supply drives are dwindling in the face of skyrocketing demand.
"This is probably the worst year we've ever seen," said Ken Mangan, founder of Every Child's Dream in Sayville.
Mangan's group usually gives out about 1,000 backpacks with supplies a year....
