Pack a Backpack School Supply Drive is happening this week, helping make sure children in the community are ready for the new school year.

All donations will go to the Steinbach Family Resource Centre (SFRC), where staff prepare backpacks filled with supplies for each child. Families in need can also request single items if they only require a few.

Local mom, Lara Wieler, has used the school supply drive in the past, along with other SFRC programs.

“What's nice about it is you can go, they’re very generous about it. You show, here's my list and out of the supplies they do have, they'll fill what they can. They do say there's certain things they don't cover, such as the headphones and that which is understandable.”

She notes the program helps struggling families by making sure kids don’

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