800 Military Kids to Receive Free Backpacks in Hampton, VA
Hampton, VA; August 8, 2015 – Operation Homefront will hold a Back-to-School Brigade event Saturday, August 8th, 2015 in the Hampton, VA area where free backpacks full of school supplies will be given to military kids. The event will be held at the Peninsula Town Center.
“Military families deal not only with deployments and the other stresses of military life, but also the economic difficulties shared by all Americans,” explains Vivian Dietrich, Regional Director, Operation Homefront. “These donated school supplies enhance the morale and the success of our military children, while easing the burden military families carry.”
The school supplies were donated by people from Hampton,VA area and collected at local Dollar Tree stores as part of Operation Homefront’s nationwide Back-to-School Brigade program.
Media are encouraged to attend where Operation Homefront representatives, military families and children and community partners will be available to interviews, pictures and video. This video is a sample of the backpacks and school supplies families will receive at the Back-to-School Brigade events.
Free backpacks to military children will be distributed at the following locations:
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
Peninsula Town Center
4410 Claiborne Sq. E Suite 212
Hampton, VA
10am – 4pm
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About Operation Homefront:A national nonprofit, Operation Homefront leads more than 2,500 volunteers with nationwide presence who provide emergency and other financial assistance to the families of service members and wounded warriors. Operation Homefront has provided assistance to thousands of military families since its inception in 2002. Recognized for superior performance by leading independent charity watchdog groups, nationally, 92 percent of Operation Homefront’s expenditures go directly to programs that provide support to our military families. For more information, go to www.OperationHomefront.net.