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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Volunteers spent their Thursday morning stuffing backpacks for a great cause. More than 12,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to be distributed to students in underserved ...

Question: If area stores and individuals donate 24,000 pieces of school supplies and there are 2,000 to 3,000 area children who have no money to buy paper, pencils, crayons or a backpack to put them ...

A backpack is something akin to a soft treasure chest, a small but formidable vessel that can hold all the wonders of the world, or at least those portals that give kids passage to knowledge, ...

DECATUR — Without affordable access to nutritious foods, many people and families tend to become concerned about where their next meal will come from. According to a study by Feeding America in March, ...