NKY Harvest Celebrating 25th Year of School Supply Giveaway with — 19,000 Backpacks and Counting – Knowhere News

NKY Harvest celebrating 25th year of school supply giveaway with — 19,000 backpacks and counting – Knowhere News

By Paul Gottbrath, Harvest in Northern Kentucky A mother and her two children were already waiting, even though the sun had not yet appeared. Northern Kentucky Harvest’s 2024 Backpacks Bonanza was being distributed on August 10th, and volunteers were arriving at St. Elizabeth Healthcare Covington’s parking lot to set up. The mother woke her children up before sunrise because she had heard in passing about the biggest and longest-running school s…

NKY Harvest celebrating 25th year of school supply giveaway with - 19,000 backpacks and counting - NKyTribune

By Paul Gottbrath Northern Kentucky Harvest The sun had not yet made its appearance but already a mother and her two children were waiting. It was Aug. 10, distribution day for Northern Kentucky Harvest’s 2024 Backpacks Bonanza, and volunteers were pulling onto the parking lot at St. Elizabeth Healthcare Covington to set up. Having heard in passing about the school supply giveaway – the largest and longest-running this side of the Ohio River – t…

Letter to the editor: It's NKY Harvest's 25th school supply giveaway

Written by Paul Gottbrath, president of the Northern Kentucky Harvest The sun had not yet made its appearance but already a mother and her two children were waiting.  It was Aug. 10, distribution day for Northern Kentucky Harvest’s 2024 Backpacks Bonanza, and volunteers were pulling onto the parking lot at St. Elizabeth Healthcare Covington to set up. Having heard in passing about the school supply giveaway – the largest and longest-running this…