Sacramento Bee: Operation Backpack receives hundreds of backpacks in first 24 hours
The Sacramento Bee featured a story on the success Operation Backpack saw during its first 24 hours.
"Volunteers of America has returned with its increasingly popular Operation Backpack to help needy students, the organization said in a news release.
Now in its 13th year, the Volunteers of America’s Operation Backpack received 782 filled backpacks within the first 24 hours this year."