Local organization sponsoring two backpack giveaways

With the start of school around the corner, some community organizations are coming together to help students in need.

On Monday, one organization is having two backpack giveaways in the metro.

WILL LOOKG LIKE DUE TO COVID -19 -- FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOURYEARS -- PROJECTMISSISSIPPI IS BRINGING THEIRANNUAL BACKPACKDRIVE TO THE JACKSON METRO..."HAVE TALKED TO PARENTS WE HAVETALKED TO TEACHERS AROUND THESTATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND THEYFEEL THAT KIDS STILL NEED SOMEOF THE SAME SUPPLIESWEATHER THEY ARE IN A VIRTUALENVONMENT OR IN THE CLASSROOM."JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS HASANNOUNCED THEIR CLASSES WILL BEALLVIRTUALFOR THE FALL SMESTER --SOMEDISTRICTS IN THE METRO PLAN ONHAVINGCLASSES LIKE NORMAL -- AT THISPOINT IT IS NOTKNOWN WHAT THE SPRING SEMESTERWILLLOOK LIKE...HAVING A CONSISTANT MORNINGROUTINESHOULD HELP IN ANYTRANSITION..."EVEN IF THEY ARE IN A VIRTUALENVIRONMENT I BELIVE THEY WILLPICK THEIR STUFF UP IN THEMORNIGNGO TO THEIR KITCHEN TABLE ORWHATEVER SET UP THEY HAVE ATHOME DO THEIR VIRTUAL CLASSROOMAND THEN ONCE THEYTRANSITION BACK INTO THECLASSROOM THEY WILL BEPREPARED."DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY WHATSCHOOL WILL LOOK LIKE MANYSCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVES HAVE BEENPUT ON HOLD -- ORGNIZERSWITH PROJECT MISSISSIPPI SAYTHATMAKES GIVEAWAYS LIKE THEIRS THATMUCH MOREIMPORTANT."IF YOU NOTICE THERE ARE A LOTOLESS SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVES --AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY,OUR ORGINIZATION WAS ONE OF THEORGINIZATIONS THAT DEBATED NOTHAVING THIS BUT OUR FOCUS IS ONTHE COMMUNTY AND WE BELIVETHE COMMUNTY SAYS THESE THINGSARE STILL NEEDED."REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE FIRST DAYLOOKSLIKE FOR MANY STUDENTS -- HAVINGABRAND NEW BACKPACK GOES A LONGWAY INBOOSTING CONFIDENCE FOR THE YEARAHEAD..."THAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ITHINK WEALL REMEMBER THAT FIRST DAY OFSCHOOL, IT IS ONE OF THE MOSTIMPORTANT DAYS EVERY YEAR ALLTHE WAY FROM THE FIRST GRADE TOOUR SENIOR YEAR SO THE BACKPACKIS AN EXTREEMLY IMPORTANT PARTOF THAT DATE."THE BACKPACK DRIVES WILL BE INCANTON ATTHE MUNICIPLE COURTHOUSE MONDAYMORNING FROM EIGHT TO ELEVEN...AND AT JOHNNY T'S IN JACKSONMONDAY FROMNOON UNTIL TWO...MARCUS HUNTER 16 WAPT NEWS... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHTROPIC