While mom got in line at 5:40 a.m. Sunday, 4-year-old Keith Preston Jr. slept in, arriving to the Big Backpack Event at a fashionable 8 a.m., dropped off by his grandmother. It will be his first year ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Thousands of West Michigan children will soon have a brand-new backpack stuffed with school supplies thanks to volunteers at the Big Backpack Build. The Big Backpack Build, ...

The second-annual event is seeking volunteers to fill backpacks with school supplies August 12 at DeVos Place beginning at 10 A.M. July is almost over, and that means it's time to start thinking about ...

The Multicultural Centre of Southwest Florida is partnering with several other agencies and businesses to bring the 23rd annual Big Backpack Event to the Fort Myers Skatium on Sunday, July 24. The ...

ANY FACULTY OR STAFF WHO MAY BE HIGH RISK AND NOT ABLE TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM. MICHELLE: NEW ON WESH 2, STUDENTS IN ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES CAN GET A BACKPACK FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES AT NO ...

Read full article: Annual ‘Backpack Build’ supplies 15,000 bags, school supplies for students in Orange County According to the National Education Association, teachers spend an average of $500 a year ...