For some school districts, in 10 days students will be stepping into a new school year. This past weekend people donated school supplies of all kinds to the Load the Bus event to help students in need kickstart their year.

10-year-old Alexa Eklond strives to help both her family and her community.

Total Action for Progress (TAP) gave away free school supplies to families ahead of the second half of the school year.

Rescue Mission’s Back to School Blast shifting to focus on teacher’s this school year.

Heritage Elementary School will get new supplies for each teacher’s classroom

‘We try to eliminThere was a lot of excitement in the air Friday afternoon at the Jubilee Family Development Center as kids get ready to go back to school in Lynchburg.ate excuses.’

ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke City school leaders are emphasizing the need for school supplies ahead of the upcoming school year. The district has put together an Amazon wish list of school supplies which they published on Facebook this week. This is something the district does each year, but there is expected to be a big need this year. “With quarantine and many of our parents being out of work, we believe that the need will be greater than it’s ever been,” said school district spokesperson Justin McLeod. While any school supplies are acceptable, backpacks are often what many families struggle to afford more because of the cost, McLeod said.