COLUMBUS, Ohio — Many students are already back to the classroom, while Columbus City Schools students go back next week.
There are a few things children need before they go back. That includes a backpack, pencils and all the essentials.
Thanks to Sahara-Columbus, the Starfish Assignment and the Columbus Division of Police, they worked to fill and hand out backpacks.
Both the kids and parents appreciated the gifts.
“It's been very rewarding. Just to see the smiles on the face, to see the parents have a sigh of relief saying, oh my gosh, you are handing out bookbags, that is one less thing I have to stress out about. Then we get to foster that kind of connection because the residents get to see they are taken care of,” said Columbus Police Safe Streets Initiative Officer Shawn Lutz.
Organizers stuffed more than 50 backpacks, and officers handed them out on the city's north side.