Annual From the Heart Backpack Giveaway to be held Aug. 10

Local school children show off their backpacks and shoes at the From the Heart Backpack Giveaway last year. Anza Valley Outlook/Diane Sieker photo
The From The Heart Christian Women's Ministries’ annual Backpack Giveaway will take place Saturday, August 10. The traditional event to assist local students with a head start to their school year will take place at the Hamilton High School gym in Anza, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.Last year’s giveaway served over 350 mountain community students with new backpacks, supplies, shoes, socks, haircuts and more."We passed out over 250 pairs of shoes and packages of socks plus backpacks, not including the ones we gave to the different schools, so probably around 350 altogether," said organizer Christi James. "There were 50 haircuts given, several free phones, dozens of children's books and T-Dap vaccines for those who needed them."According to James, many Hemet Unified School Distric
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