Project coordinators want students to start the new school year as prepared to learn as possible.
"Operation Backpack is about getting our young children and students ready for the first day of school. and in a school district there is not a more important day in the year than the first day of school," said Dr. Abe Saavedra, HISD Superintendent.
Each Houston-area YMCA has partnered with a local church to serve as school supply collection sites. More than 60 parishes in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston also joined the Operation Backpack team.
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