A new school year is around the corner, meaning parents are out in earnest getting supplies for their children.
But there are many families who cannot afford items kids need for school.
The directors at Sacred Heart Community Services in San Jose said they are once again low on donated backpacks. The agency hopes to give 4,000 students from the San Jose Unified School District a free backpack with supplies. Organizers said they are still several hundred backpacks short with the annual giveaway coming up next week.
"The research that we looked at shows that families are spending an average of 250 almost 400 per year per student for backpacks and school supplies, and we know in a time when the rising price of fuel, of food, of rent, it just becomes another hardship," said Demone Carter with Sacred Heart Community Services Agency. "So we’re just trying to alleviate that."
Sacred Heart said the popular backpacks are the character backpacks, like Spider-Man, Batman, and Hello Kitty.
For more information about Sacred Heart's backpack giveaway, visit sacredheartcs.org/pab2024.
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