Stafford, Va. — Volunteers on Friday worked to fill more than 500 backpacks full of school supplies for children, marking the end of the annual Stuff the Bus School Supply Drive.
Business owners from the area and Marines from Quantico helped the children who gathered at the Alvin York Bandy school administration building in Stafford to fill the backpacks.
“These backpacks will be distributed to children throughout the school system whose families would have difficulties providing the needed school supplies for their children,” said Stafford schools spokeswoman Valerie Cottongim.
The school supply drive ends and schools in Stafford and Prince William counties are preparing for the upcoming school year.
Today was the first day back to school for teachers in Stafford and Prince William counties. Students were set to return to school on Sept. 6, after Labor Day.
To get ready, Prince William County Public Schools is celebrating the hiring of 650 new teachers.
