Macey Walters, whose husband is within the Air Pressure, collects free faculty provides together with her kids, Cannon, 3, left, and Grayson, 6, at Operation Homefront’s annual Again-to-Faculty Brigade at Hill Discipline Elementary in Clearfield on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
The problem of securing faculty provides for army service members and their households in Utah received a lift Wednesday by the Brigade Backpack program held at Hill Discipline Elementary Faculty in Clearfield.
Operation Homefront’s Again-to-Faculty Brigade is a nationwide marketing campaign that collects and distributes faculty provides to eligible dependents of service members. By the program, army kids obtain free back-to-school provides, together with backpacks, to assist them begin the brand new faculty yr on the fitting foot. Organizers say they’ve distributed greater than 500,000 backpacks to army kids, saving army households practically $55 million at school bills.
For youth in grades Okay-12, lots of whom attend Hill Discipline Elementary close to Hill Air Pressure Base, the backpacks had been stuffed with faculty provides, comparable to pencils, paper and different important objects, to assist kids succeed, in addition to different treats to convey smiles to their faces.
This system, now in its thirteenth yr, is funded by donations from people and company sponsors.