Mayor Brandon Scott To Hold Annual Backpack Giveaway At AFRAM

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Mayor Brandon Scott announced that the yearly Backpack Giveaway volition beryllium held Thursday, Aug. 26 astatine Middle Branch Park.

“I americium thrilled to spouse with BCRP and AFRAM to guarantee that our students are decently equipped with the indispensable resources needed to tackle this schoolhouse year,” said Mayor Brandon M. Scott. “It is important that we travel unneurotic to enactment our young people. This is the benignant of community-building and empowerment that defines Baltimore City.”

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The giveaway volition see 4,000 backpacks filled with supplies and volition statesman astatine 3:00 p.m. It volition proceed portion supplies last.  The lawsuit is successful concern with AFRAM.

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Students successful simple done precocious schoolhouse tin person a backpack. Tickets volition beryllium disposable astatine the AFRAM check-in array and tin beryllium utilized to prime up astatine the Mayor’s Office tent.

Parents oregon guardians volition person 1 summons per pupil present. Students request to beryllium contiguous and accompanied by an big to person a backpack.

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For much accusation connected AFRAM, delight sojourn aframbaltimore.com.

CBS Baltimore Staff