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Project Backpack

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Help provide a backpack full of school supplies for a child in need

Project Backpack 2023 is online and it is easier than ever to participate!

Your $60 donation will allow us to purchase high-quality backpacks with all the required supplies per child, so all you have to do is donate and we will take care of the rest!

We are working closely with our supplier, as well as our partners, to get these backpacks into the hands of students right here in our community before the start of the school year. $3 from every purchase will benefit Foster Village - Back to School Shoe Drive.

Through your generosity, we were able to exceed our 2023 goal and donating 3,066 backpacks, and nearly $10,000 to the Foster Village shoe drive!

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Sponsor a backpack for $60

Donate by mail or online

If you would prefer to write a check for your backpack, make your check payable to "Austin Ridge Bible Church" with "Project Backpack 2023" noted on the memo line, then mail your check to the following address:


Austin Ridge Bible Church
9300 Bee Cave Rd
Austin, TX 78733

Donate Online

Follow these instructions to complete your donation:


1. Click the button for your preferred campus
2. Put in total amount you wish to give (the cost for each backpack is $60)
3. Select "Give one time" under "Gift type"
4. Under "Fund," select "Project Backpack 2023" from the drop-down menu
5. Click "Next" to complete your donation

Frequently Asked Questions

No. All the backpacks are going to be filled with the necessary supplies. Our supplier was able to secure them wholesale, which reduces the total cost per backpack.

Our vendor has been able to secure supplies for both age groups at the cost of $60 per backpack. Your participation will ensure both age groups are taken care of by helping us fill 1,800+ backpacks.

Our supplier has a local warehouse where all the backpacks will be assembled for pick-up. Our Ridge Missions Project Coordinator will then arrange for our partners to pick them up for distribution.

Ridge Missions Team

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  • Becky Belew

    Becky Belew

    Becky was born and raised in New Orleans, but moved to Texas in 2005. She married her best friend, Jon, in 2009. She is blessed with her wonderful daughter, Evelyn, and her stepson, Austin. Becky has more than 15 years of executive assistant experience and has attended the Ridge for nearly a decade. She loves scuba diving, going to Christian concerts, and playing games with her friends and family. She is grateful and excited to utilize her gifts to pursue God’s mission for the Ridge community locally and abroad.

  • Christine Stehno

    Christine Stehno

    Christine was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. She received her degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Since college, Christine has spent time working in Parks and Recreation as well as at a Christian Camp in Sequoia National Forest in California. A trip to Nepal really opened her heart to all aspects of missions. She loves being outside in the sunshine as much as possible, reading, pick-up pickleball games, and watching Husker sports – especially football. Go Big Red! She’s excited to be living in the warmth of the south and grateful for this chapter working in ministry and getting to pursue her passion for people.

  • Clark Richardson

    Clark Richardson

    Clark is a Waco native and a Dallas Baptist University graduate. His non-traditional college and career track within the landscape industry and fundraising/development unknowingly prepared him for such a time as this. Over a number of trips to Uganda, God opened his eyes to how he could use his gifts and talents both locally and globally for the Kingdom. That led him to put his “yes” on the table in 2016, and the rest is history. He married up when landing his beautiful wife, Natalie, in 2010, and they have three children, Graham, Isla, and Cora. He is a jack of all trades and master of none. He enjoys being a dad of three, and when there is time, hunting, sports, dabbling with smoking meat, and campfires.

  • Donald Dumbacher

    Donald Dumbacher

    Don was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He met his wife, Shelli, at The Ohio State University. They have four married children living all around the world, and five grandchildren…so far.

  • Don Ellsworth

    Don Ellsworth

    Born in New York and raised in Pennsylvania, Don's family relocated to San Diego so he could meet his beautiful wife, Becky. They are blessed with and entertained by their four married kids and kids-in-law, and awesome grandchildren. Don graduated from San Diego Christian College and Dallas Seminary. Don loves going on dates with his wife, anything at the beach, USC football, college football and basketball, Hula Hut, reading, and chocolate. As Missions Pastor, Don loves his job of helping the Ridge reach the unreached and serve the vulnerable in our city and around the world.