COVINGTON, Ky. —

Northern Kentucky’s largest school readiness event, Backpacks Bonanza, celebrates its 25th year on Saturday, Aug. 9, at St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s Covington campus.

The event will distribute 1,250 backpacks filled with school supplies to students in need, pushing the program’s total to over 19,000 backpacks since its inception in 2001. Advertisement

Families across Northern Kentucky are invited to attend the first-come, first-served event, which aims to ease back-to-school expenses and spark excitement for the new school year.

The event runs from 9 a.m. to noon in the parking lot at St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s Covington campus.

The project is founded by Northern Kentucky Harvest.

Organizers say this year's backpacks will push the total number from the project to more

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