Northern Kentucky Harvest will host its 25th annual backpack giveaway event this Saturday. Formerly called Backpacks and Breakfast, the Backpacks Bonanza event will see the distribution of at least 1,250 backpacks filled with school supplies to local, low-income families.
Pizza will be provided for attendees.
“You give a kid a new backpack, and it’s amazing how that increases their excitement about the new school year,” Paul Gottbrath, president of Northern Kentucky Harvest, said in a press release.
The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s Covington branch on James Simpson, Jr. Way. The event is open to students in kindergarten through grade 12. Students enrolled in private, public and home schooling are eligible.
Families seeking backpacks will need to present a photo identification for the parent or guardian, proof of residence in Northern Kentucky and either medical cards or Social Security cards for the kids.
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