SANDPOINT — For the 23rd year in a row, the Angels Over Sandpoint’s Back to School program is providing local school children with the supplies they need for the upcoming school year.

This year, the Angels will be donating over 1,400 backpacks filled with supplies to kindergarten to 12th grade students across Bonner County, according to Angels’ public relations officer Cindy Vogel. She said that the organization gave away around 800 backpacks last year, marking a significant increase in the supplies they are giving away.

"This program was established because there’s so many children in need and the cost of school supplies just goes up and up and up,” Vogel said. “Especially this year with the economy and inflation the way it is, it puts quite a stretch on a family’s budget so what we lov

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