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Backpacks 4 Veterans Inc

Backpacks 4 Veterans Inc provides essential backpacks to veterans in West Virginia facing hardships. Our mission is to support and uplift these heroes by ensuring they have access to necessary supplies, fostering community and gratitude.

You are in the right place to get motorcycle raffle tickets, sign up for the Backpack Ride, enter your bike in the Blue Star Mothers Bike Show, or get some cool Merch! &nbsp;&nbsp; Our Hootenanny giveaway bike is amazing in more ways than one! &nbsp; Not only is it a bad motor scooter but your raffle donation also goes directly to helping our West Virginia Veterans! &nbsp; &nbsp;The bike is a 1989 Harley-Davidson Heritage Classic dressed up like a 1960&#39;s classic Harley with custom paint, badges, apehanger bars, fishtail mufflers, and a great sound. &nbsp; The Evolution &quot;EVO&quot; motor is often considered one of the best that Harley ever produced and let us tell you - it looks and sounds fantastic! Get details and more info on the event, bike raffle, backpack ride, and bike show at <a fr-original-style="" href="//www.hellbenderhootenanny.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">www.hellbenderhootenanny.com</a> &nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1770331036/wysiwyg/pnhltbqtyh0vdfwkrtao.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1770331074/wysiwyg/ktwc0yr1txjrflcrd3l5.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> The bike will be raffled to the winner live at the 4th annual Hellbender Hooteananny motorcycle rally held the weekend of June 26th-28th 2026. &nbsp; Raffle winner will be drawn on June 27th at 6pm on site and will be broadcast live on social media. &nbsp; For more details on the event, full rules for the drawing, and any other information please check out our website at <a fr-original-style="" href="//www.hellbenderhootenanny.com" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">www.hellbenderhootenanny.com</a>&nbsp; The 2026 Hellbender Hootenanny features live music, bike show, food and beverage vendors, a dice run with prizes, biker games, tattoos, camping, live motorcycle thrill shows, and of course a motorcycle raffle! &nbsp; Held at West Virginia&#39;s best campground <a fr-original-style="" href="//www.summersvillelakeretreat.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">www.summersvillelakeretreat.com</a> overlooking Summersville Lake and 15 minutes north of the New River Gorge National Park. &nbsp; Some of the best riding in the United States is right here. &nbsp; &nbsp; Backpacks 4 Veterans is a 501(c)3 non-profit that provides backpacks full of neccessities to West Virginia veterans in need. &nbsp; &nbsp;Your purchase goes directly to supporting that mission! &nbsp; The Hellbender Hootenanny is our key fundraiser for 2026 and every dollar you spend here helps contribute to our efforts in making a meaningful impact in our veteran community. <a fr-original-style="" href="//🎟️www.backpacks4veterans.com" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">🎟️www.backpacks4veterans.com</a>&nbsp; Thank you for your support. 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Hellbender Hootenanny Motorcycle Rally and Raffle

We pack backpacks for veterans in West Virginia. We have handed out 550 of them in the last two and a half years. Every one was filled by hand in Summersville. Here is what goes in one:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Body wash</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Shaving cream</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Razors</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Small bath towels</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Washcloths</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Deodorant</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Wipes</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Zip lock bags</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hand warmers</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ponchos</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Small blankets</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Beanies</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Socks</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Flashlights</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Toothbrushes</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Combs and hair brushes</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Bibles</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Snacks</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Can openers</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Water bottles</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Toiletries</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Playing cards</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lighters and matches</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Nail clippers</li></ul> It costs about $75 to fill a backpack. Nothing in it is complicated. It is the stuff a person needs and does not always have. $25 a month fills four backpacks a year. It also pays the insurance, the phone, and the rent on the room where we pack them. Those things are not glamorous and nobody puts them on a poster, but without them there is no place for the next backpack to get filled and no way to get it to the veteran who needs it.&nbsp;Your monthly gift covers all of it. Set it up once. Four more veterans get a backpack every year and you never have to think about it again. We are a small operation. There is no marketing department. There is a donation drop-off on Church Street, a shelf full of backpacks, and a list of veterans who need them. Your monthly donation makes it all possible.&nbsp; Backpacks 4 Veterans is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN 99-4058318. Your donation is tax deductible and your receipt is emailed to you automatically. Backpacks 4 Veterans receives 100% of your donation. At checkout you will see an optional contribution to Zeffy, the platform that gives us our donation tools for free. It is completely optional and you can set it to zero.

We pack backpacks for veterans in West Virginia.We have handed out 550 of them in the last two and a half years. Every one was filled by hand in Summersville.Here is what goes in one:Body washShaving creamRazorsSmall bath towelsWashclothsDeodorantWipesZip lock bagsHand warmersPonchosSmall blanketsBeaniesSocksFlashlightsToothbrushesCombs and hair brushesBiblesSnacksCan openersWater bottlesToiletriesPlaying cardsLighters and matchesNail clippersIt costs about $75 to fill a backpack. Nothing in it is complicated. It is the stuff a person needs and does not always have.$25 a month fills four backpacks a year.It also pays the insurance, the phone, and the rent on the room where we pack them. Those things are not glamorous and nobody puts them on a poster, but without them there is no place for the next backpack to get filled and no way to get it to the veteran who needs it. Your monthly gift covers all of it.Set it up once. Four more veterans get a backpack every year and you never have to think about it again.We are a small operation. There is no marketing department. There is a donation drop-off on Church Street, a shelf full of backpacks, and a list of veterans who need them. Your monthly donation makes it all possible. Backpacks 4 Veterans is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN 99-4058318. Your donation is tax deductible and your receipt is emailed to you automatically.Backpacks 4 Veterans receives 100% of your donation. At checkout you will see an optional contribution to Zeffy, the platform that gives us our donation tools for free. It is completely optional and you can set it to zero.

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